| Hybridizer: | Joseph Ghio |
| Year Of Registration: | 1991 |
| Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): | 1992 |
| Seedling Number: | 86-86D |
| Classification: | Tall Bearded (TB) |
| Registered Height: | 34 inches (86 cm) |
| Bloom Season: | Very Early Early |
| Bloom Color Classification: | Blue White |
| Flower Patterns: | Plicata |
| Bloom Color Description: | White ground plicata stitched blue, deeper shoulders |
| Beard Color: | Yellow |
| Awards: | Honorable Mention: 1994 Award of Merit: 1998 |
| 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: | God's Handiwork X Snowbrook |
| Child plants: | 8 child plants |
![Location: Fort Worth Tx
Date: 2010-04-16
Iris \"Handshake\"](/pics/2012-02-17/Ladylovingdove/694a85-250.jpg "Location: Fort Worth Tx
Date: 2010-04-16
Iris \\"Handshake\\"")
| Australis | From September 28, 2023 to October 8, 2023 | Bloomed Two bloom stalks. |
| Australis | From September 26, 2022 to October 14, 2022 | Bloomed |
| Australis | On December 27, 2021 | Transplanted |
| Australis | From September 25, 2020 to October 8, 2020 | Bloomed |
| Australis | On April 27, 2020 | Transplanted Moved to a different location in the garden bed. |
| Australis | From October 6, 2019 to October 13, 2019 | Bloomed |
| Australis | On October 22, 2017 | Obtained plant Purchased from a roadside stall at Yarck. |
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