Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Larry Lauer
Year Of Registration: 1999
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2000
Seedling Number: 542-3R
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 34 inches (86 cm)
Bloom Season: Early Mid
Rebloom
Rebloom by Zone: Known To Rebloom Zone 7: 0°-10°
Known To Rebloom Zone 8: 10° to 20°
Flower Form: Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Blue
Light blue
Flower Patterns: Neglecta
Bloom Color Description: White standards, hyacinth blue cast; wistaria blue falls, white flash around beard
Beard Color: Blue, tipped white at end and yellow in middle, solid orange in throat
Style Arm Color: Hyacinth blue
Fragrance: Pronounced
Spicy
Awards: Honorable Mention: 2002

General Plant Information (Edit)
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Soil pH Preferences: Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Slightly alkaline (7.4 – 7.8)
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 3 -40 °C (-40 °F) to -37.2 °C (-35)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 9b
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Underground structures: Rhizome
Propagation: Seeds: Will not come true from seed
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Ploidy: Tetraploid
Parentage: Speeding Again X Waterworld
Child plants: one child plant

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Common names
  • Iris
  • Tall Bearded Iris

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Location: Nocona,Texas zn.7 My gardens
Date: April 8,2021
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Date: March 16, 2016
Location: Nocona,Texas zn.7 My gardens
Date: 2019-04-16
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Location: Broken Arrow, OK
Date: 2017-04-17
Location: Nocona,Texas zn.7 My gardens
Date: May,2020
Pictured with Mad World..blooms in part shade
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Location: Southeast Nebraska
Date: 2014-05-24
Location: Home garden
Date: 2015-04-10
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