Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Tom Burseen
Year Of Registration: 2003
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2004
Seedling Number: A-225A
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 36 inches (91 cm)
Bloom Season: Late
Flower Form: Ruffled
Flared
Bloom Color Classification: Blue
Violet
White
Flower Patterns: Blend
Bloom Color Description: White standards; white falls, heavy violet blue wash
Beard Color: Yellow with large uplifted light violet ruffled spoon
Space Age Beard Appendages: Spoons
Style Arm Color: White, washed violet blue
Fragrance: Slight
Sweet
Awards: Honorable Mention: 2007

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: Unfinished Business X 97-157: (Close Shave x Air Up There)
Child plants: 3 child plants

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Common names
  • Iris
  • Tall Bearded Iris

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Location: Durham, NC
Date: 2017-04-30
Photo by Dachsylady86
Location: Photo by Carol Bacskai; zone 5b, Yorkville, IL
Date: 2023-06-02
Location: Photo by Carol Bacskai; zone 5b, Yorkville, IL
Date: 2021-05-31
Photo by Dachsylady86
Location: Whitesboro, TX
Image courtesy of The Shady Spot Iris 2017
Location: Bullard, TX
Date: 2020-04-20
Location: In my garden. Poland.
Photo by avmoran

Photo courtesy of Blue J Iris Used with permission.
Location: In my garden. Poland.
Location: In my garden. Poland.
Location: In my garden. Poland.
Location: In my garden. Poland.
Location: In my garden. Poland.

Photo courtesy of Stout Gardens
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