Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: John Weiler
Year Of Registration: 1992
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1992
Seedling Number: 86-152-6
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 37 inches (94 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid Late
Bloom Color Classification: Light blue
Flower Patterns: Self
Bloom Color Description: Palest blue violet
Beard Color: Very dark violet
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 9b
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Underground structures: Rhizome
Propagation: Seeds: Will not come true from seed
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Ploidy: Tetraploid
Parentage: 84-164-1: (Blackbeard x ((Social Whirl x Bridal Wreath) x (Goodnight Irene x Blue Luster))) X 84-142-1: (82-106-7: (78-32-2B: (((Southern Comfort x White King) x Tinsel Town) x ((Flaming Dragon x New Moon) x (Minnesota Glitters x Kimberlina))) x Bridal Fashion) x (That Scentsation x Swan Dance))
Child plants: one child plant

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Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

Photo Gallery
Location: Sussex, UK
Date: late May 2019
Our 2019 blooms had very pale broken blue on faint yellow... will

Photo courtesy of Bluebird Haven Iris Garden

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