Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Ben Hager
Year Of Registration: 1973
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1975
Seedling Number: T2592PB
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 36 inches (91 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Bloom Color Classification: Light blue
Flower Patterns: Self
Bloom Color Description: Pale blue
Awards: Honorable Mention: 1976
Award of Merit: 1978

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: ((Golden Stairs x (Queen's Lace x (Babson E61-1 x Figurine))) x Morning Breeze) X M. Dunn 64-167: (Winter Olympics x ((Helen McGregor x Radiation) x Palomino))
Child plants: 57 child plants

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Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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Location: -Tasmania 2014
Date: 2018-10-22

Date: 2017-10-20
Location: Hobart, Tasmania
Date: 2017-11-08
Tall Bearded Iris " Ice Sculpture "
Location: Hobart, Tasmania
Date: November 2015
Tall Bearded Iris "Ice Sculpture"

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