Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Schreiner
Year Of Registration: 2001
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2001
Seedling Number: HH 146-1
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 39 inches (99 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid Late
Flower Form: Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Light blue
Flower Patterns: Reverse Bitone
Bloom Color Description: Light blue standards; blue white falls
Beard Color: Blue, tipped yellow
Style Arm Color: Light blue
Foliage: Purple Based
Awards: Honorable Mention: 2003

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: CC 163-1: (Honky Tonk Blues x Riverboat Blues) X Jazz Me Blue

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Spring 2009

May 20, 2010 In Sun
Location: My garden in southeast Nebraska
Date: 2011-05-27
Location: Elk Grove, CA
Date: 4 2016

Date: 2016-05-25
With blue flax

May 20, 2010 In Sun
Location: Poilly-Lez-Gien France
"Photo courtesy of Cayeux Iris. Used with permission."
Location: My garden in southeast Nebraska
Date: 2011-05-26
Location: My Gardens
Date: June 2, 2005
Very Rainy Day
Location: My garden in southeast Nebraska
Date: 2010-05-25
Location: My garden in southeast Nebraska
Date: 2012-04-30
Location: My garden in southeast Nebraska
Date: 2011-05-27
Location: My garden in southeast Nebraska
Date: 2013-06-04
Location: My garden in southeast Nebraska
Date: 2012-05-01
Location: My garden in southeast Nebraska
Date: 2010-05-25

Photo courtesy of Blue J Iris. Used with permission.
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