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Hybridizer: Larry Lauer
Year Of Registration: 2003
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2003
Seedling Number: 453-31
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 34 inches (86 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Flower Form: Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Violet
Flower Patterns: Bitone
Bloom Color Description: Bluebird blue standards; darker bluebird blue falls, yellow shoulders
Beard Color: Yellow at end, orange in throat
Style Arm Color: Hyacinth blue
Fragrance: Pronounced
Sweet
Awards: Honorable Mention: 2005
Award of Merit: 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: 91-206: (Speed Limit x Hager 4840-36L: (Tinted Crystal x T3702: (Silver Flow x Ruffled Ballet)) X Twilight Blaze
Child plants: one child plant

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Common names
  • Iris
  • Tall Bearded Iris

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Location: My property in Idaho
Date: Photo taken June 4, 2022
Location: My Garden
Date: 2016-04-08

Date: 2005-05-14
Location: My Garden in Fort Worth, TX
Date: 2020-04-09
Uploaded by MaryDurtschi
Location: My property in Idaho
Date: Photo taken June 4, 2022
Uploaded by tveguy3
Location: Schreiners Gardens
Date: 2012-05-31
Uploaded by tveguy3
Location: My Garden in Fort Worth, TX
Date: 2020-04-09
Location: My Garden in Janesville, WI
Date: 2014-06-03
Uploaded by Muddymitts
Location: Nocona,Texas zn.7 My gardens
Date: 2022-05-01
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Location: Nocona,Texas zn.7 My gardens
Date: April 20, 2020
Location: My Garden
Date: 2016-04-09
Location: Nocona,Texas zn.7 My gardens
Date: April 20, 20th
Location: Cisco, Tx 
Date: 2020-04-15

Before the rain
Location: Nocona,Texas zn.7 My gardens
Date: April 20, 2020
1st bloom ever, planted 4yrs ago!
Location: Clymer,PA
Date: 05/24/2019
Location: My Garden in Janesville, WI
Date: 2014-06-03
Location: Schreiners Gardens
Date: 2012-06-01
Location: Nocona,Texas zn.7 My gardens
Date: 2020-04-22
Location: Nocona,Texas zn.7 My gardens
Date: April 20, 2020
Location: Western Kentucky
Date: April 2012
The color of this Iris is almost neon -- gorgeous!!
Uploaded by MaryDurtschi
Location: Home
Date: 2016-05-22ç
Uploaded by avmoran
Uploaded by Muddymitts
Location: in my garden
Date: 2017-04-18

Photo courtesy of Blue J Iris Used with permission.
Location: C
Date: April 2011
Location: Central Texas 76844
Date: April 2011
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