Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Barry Blyth
Year Of Registration: 1977
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1977
Seedling Number: J78-4
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 36 inches (91 cm)
Bloom Season: Early
Early Mid
Mid
Bloom Color Classification: Tan
Orchid
Wine
Bloom Color Description: Lilac standards, deepening to beige at midribs; plum red falls
Beard Color: Lemon yellow

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
Flower Color: Bi-Color: Lilac/beige standards, red falls
Flower Time: Spring
Underground structures: Rhizome
Uses: Cut Flower
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Propagation: Seeds: Will not come true from seed
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Ploidy: Tetraploid
Parentage: (Barcelona x Outer Limits) X (Snowlight x ((Commentary x Greenlee sdlg.: (Native Dancer x (pink sdlg. x Darby: (Sharkskin x I. balkana)))) x Center Stage))
Child plants: 9 child plants

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Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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Location: My Garden - Delphi, Indiana
Uploaded by Muddymitts
Location: Hobart, Tasmania
Date: 2016-10-31
Location: Western Kentucky
Date: April 2012
I love this Iris -- beautiful form and color.
Location: Western Kentucky
Date: April 2012
Love this unusual Iris!!

Photo courtesy of Bluebird Haven Iris Garden

Photo courtesy of Blue J Iris. Used with permission.
  • Uploaded by Joy
Location: Western Kentucky
Date: April 2012
Location: Nagai Botanical Garden
Date: May
Photo by KENPEI

Photo courtesy of Blue J Iris Used with permission.

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