Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Darlene Pinegar
Year Of Registration: 1994
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1995
Seedling Number: GR-1-8-1A
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 35 inches (89 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid Late
Flower Form: Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Orchid
Flower Patterns: Reverse Bitone
Bloom Color Description: Medium blue standards; medium blue falls, aging paler, darker center wash, lighter edge and dark blue centerline
Beard Color: Yellow, tipped light blue
Style Arm Color: Medium blue
Fragrance: Pronounced
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 9b
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Underground structures: Rhizome
Propagation: Seeds: Will not come true from seed
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Ploidy: Tetraploid
Parentage: GR-1-8-1: (Gypsy Rings x Moon Mistress) X Olympiad

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Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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Location: Chailey Iris Garden, Sussex, UK
Date: early June 2021
Location: Chailey Iris Garden, East Sussex, UK.
Date: 2022-06-11
Location: Cisco, Tx 
Date: 2020-04-14
Location: Nocona,Texas zn.7 My gardens
Date: April25,2021
Location: Sussex, UK
Date: late May 2020
More lavender than blue... flowers become paler as they age.

Date: 2005-06-10
Image courtesy of Blue J Iris
Location: Sussex, UK
Date: mid June 2019
More lavender than blue... flowers become paler as they age.

Photo courtesy of Blue J Iris Used with permission.

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