Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Paul Black
Year Of Registration: 2020
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2020
Seedling Number: X184A
Classification: Border Bearded (BB)
Registered Height: 26 inches (66 cm)
Bloom Season: Early
Early Mid
Mid
Flower Form: Bubble Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Light blue
Bloom Color Description: Light clear blue standards; white falls, washed pale clear blue, white throat veined mid violet blue
Beard Color: Blue white
Style Arm Color: Light mid clear blue, crests tinted turquoise
Foliage: Purple Based
Fragrance: Slight
Sweet

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 8b
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Underground structures: Rhizome
Propagation: Seeds: Will not come true from seed
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Ploidy: Tetraploid
Parentage: U69C: (Ink Patterns x Alberta Clipper) X U69A: (Ink Patterns x Alberta Clipper)

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Common names
  • Border Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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Location: My garden in southeast Nebraska
Date: 2021-05-22
Location: Mid-America Gardens, Salem, OR
Date: 2019-05-16
In the rain.
Location: My garden in southeast Nebraska
Date: 2021-05-25

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