Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Schreiner
Year Of Registration: 1990
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1990
Seedling Number: W 440-A
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 36 inches (91 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Flower Form: Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Light blue
Flower Patterns: Self
Bloom Color Description: Light blue
Beard Color: White
Awards: Honorable Mention: 1992
Award of Merit: 1994

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: N 57-A: ((Sailor's Dance x G 30-A: ((Pacific Panorama x Parisian Blue) x Sapphire Hills)) x (Sapphire Hills x D 136-G: (Parisian Blue x (((Schreiner sdlg. x Harbor Blue) x (J 274-A x Violet Harmony)) x (Swan Ballet x Snowy Heron))))) X Tide's In
Child plants: 13 child plants

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Common names
  • Iris
  • Tall Bearded Iris

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Location: Masterton New Zealand
Date: 2023-03-17
Reblooming Autumn New Zealand
Location: Michigan-my garden
Date: May 2015
Location: My garden in southeast Nebraska
Date: 2011-05-27

Freshly opened flower
Location: My garden in southeast Nebraska
Date: 2013-05-28
Location: My garden in southeast Nebraska
Date: 2013-05-26
Location: My garden in southeast Nebraska
Date: 2012-05-03
Location: My garden in southeast Nebraska
Date: 2012-05-06

Older flower
Location: My garden in southeast Nebraska
Date: 2010-05-25
Location: My garden in southeast Nebraska
Date: 2010-05-27
Location: My garden in southeast Nebraska
Date: 2012-05-03
Location: My garden in southeast Nebraska
Date: 2011-05-27
Location: My garden in southeast Nebraska
Date: 2011-05-27
Location: My garden in southeast Nebraska
Date: 2014-05-25

Photo courtesy of Blue J Iris. Used with permission.

Photo courtesy of Blue J Iris. Used with permission.
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Comments:
  • Posted by KentPfeiffer (Southeast Nebraska - Zone 5b) on Nov 21, 2011 9:12 AM concerning plant:
    Rapture In Blue is a very interesting older cultivar. The flower opens an ordinary shade of light blue and then gradually fades, perhaps "transforms" would be a better description, to an ethereal shade of silver blue. Normally, flowers changing color wouldn't be considered a good thing, but in this case it really makes 'Rapture In Blue' a special iris.

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