Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Monty Byers
Year Of Registration: 1989
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1990
Seedling Number: D160-103
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 35 inches (89 cm)
Bloom Season: Early Mid
Mid
Rebloom
Bloom Color Description: Light blue standards misted pale green at midrib; light blue falls, greenish shoulders, pale greenish misting in center
Beard Color: Blue, tipped yellow in throat
Fragrance: Slight
Musky

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: Rio Vista X B-8-2: (Cease-Fire x Sky Hooks)
Child plants: 2 child plants

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Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

Photo Gallery
Location: Sussex, UK
Date: early June 2019
Location: Las Cruces, NM
Date: 2016-10
Location: my front yard
Date: 2012-05-14
Location: Sussex, UK
Date: early June 2019
A beautiful white that glistens in the sunlight.
Location: Las Cruces, NM
Date: 2016=10
Sea World - Showing her Diamonds
Location: Las Cruces, NM
Date: 2020-04-23
TB Iris Sea World
Location: my front yard
Date: 2012-05-15
Location: Chailey Iris Garden, East Sussex, UK.
Date: 2022-06-11
Location: Chailey Iris Garden, East Sussex, UK.
Date: 2022-06-11

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