Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Tom Burseen
Year Of Registration: 2001
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2003
Seedling Number: 97-190Y
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 36 inches (91 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Flower Form: Ruffled
Flared
Bloom Color Classification: Violet
White
Flower Patterns: Blend
Bloom Color Description: Pale violet white standards; washed violet falls
Beard Color: White, large uplifted white flounce with violet purple base
Space Age Beard Appendages: Flounces
Style Arm Color: Washed violet
Fragrance: Spicy
Awards: Honorable Mention: 2005

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: 95-196: (Monty's Sweet Blue x Christopherson FP-2: (Sky Hooks x Momentum)) X Air Up There
Child plants: 25 child plants

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Location: my yard
Date: 2017
Location: San Diego, CA
Date: 2020-04-29
flowering in my garden
Location: San Diego, CA
Date: 2020-04-29
flowering in my garden, another angle
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Location: Weiser, ID
Date: 2015 season

Photo courtesy of Stout Gardens

Photo courtesy of Blue J Iris Used with permission.

Photo courtesy of Blue J Iris Used with permission.

Date: 2013-05-25
At a UIS Show

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