Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Schreiner
Year Of Registration: 1999
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1999
Seedling Number: BB 598-1
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 39 inches (99 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid Late
Flower Form: Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Blue
Flower Patterns: Self
Bloom Color Description: Dark navy blue
Beard Color: Blue, yellow in throat
Awards: Honorable Mention: 2001

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
Underground structures: Rhizome
Propagation: Seeds: Will not come true from seed
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Ploidy: Tetraploid
Parentage: W 170-1: (R 256-A: (((Thunder Bay x Snow Cloud) x Brook Flower) x (((Prince Indigo x (Allegiance x (Harbor Blue x (Blue Ensign x Pierre Menard)))) x ((First Violet x Arabi Pasha) x (Salem x Bluebird Blue))) x (Tropical Night x (((Caroline Jane x (Harlequin x Bright Contrast)) x Emma Cook) x (Toll Gate x (Black Taffeta x King's Choice)))))) x Royal Crusader) X T 260-1: ((J 24-1: (Sapphire Hills x E 175-1: (A 129-I x Brave Viking)) x Titan's Glory) x Titan's Glory)
Child plants: 6 child plants

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Common names
  • Iris
  • Tall Bearded Iris

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Devil's Lake
Location: Tacoma, WA
Date: May 2019
Bloom size is XL.
Location: Back yard
Date: 2016-05-23
Location: Durango Colorado 
Date: 2023-06-21 8:30 a.m. no retouching
Location: California
Date: 2013-05-23
Devil's Lake in early morning sun.
Location: Back yard
Date: 2016-05-23
Location: East Tennessee
Date: 2017-05-13
Location: My garden in southeast Nebraska
Date: 2009-05-28
Location: My garden in southeast Nebraska
Date: 2011-05-30
Location: Poilly-Lez-Gien France
"Photo courtesy of Cayeux Iris. Used with permission."
Location: My garden in southeast Nebraska
Date: 2012-05-06
Location: Iowa
Date: 2012-05-13
Location: My garden in southeast Nebraska
Date: 2012-05-09

Photo courtesy of Pleasants Valley Iris Farm
Location: Willamette Valley Oregon
Date: 2014-05-21
Location: My garden in southeast Nebraska
Date: 2009-05-30
Location: Iowa
Date: 2012-05-13
Location: My garden in southeast Nebraska
Date: 2012-05-09
Comments:
  • Posted by KentPfeiffer (Southeast Nebraska - Zone 5b) on Mar 22, 2012 7:58 PM concerning plant:
    One of the best of the dark blue iris I've grown.

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