Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: George Sutton
Year Of Registration: 2001
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2001
Seedling Number: G-105
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 35 inches (89 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid Late
Flower Form: Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Tan
Orchid
Flower Patterns: Blend
Bloom Color Description: Satinwood standards, faint aster violet wash on midrib; violet falls veined darker, 1" almond shell edge
Beard Color: Satinwood with faint violet base, 1.5" violet arm ending with small 1/2" satinwood spoon
Space Age Beard Appendages: Spoons
Style Arm Color: Satinwood
Fragrance: Slight
Sweet
Awards: Honorable Mention: 2005

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: Brandy X Sky Hooks
Child plants: 2 child plants

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Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

Photo Gallery
Location: San Rafael, CA
Date: 2017-04-15
Location: Russia, Krasnodarskij Kraj
Date: 2016-05-13
Location: San Rafael, CA
Date: 2017-04-15
Location: Russia, Krasnodarskij Kraj
Date: 2018-05-17
Location: San Rafael, CA
Date: 2018-03-19
Location: San Rafael, CA
Date: 2018-04-30
2nd bloom stalk standards more orange than first stalk- yeah!
Location: San Rafael, CA
Date: 2017-04-06
Location: San Rafael, CA
Date: 2020-04-09
Bloom changes color as it ages.   New bloom on right.  Older, big
Location: Russia, Krasnodarskij Kraj
Date: 2017-05-22
Uploaded by Neela
Location: Russia, Krasnodarskij Kraj
Date: 2017-05-22
Location: My Garden in Fort Worth, TX
Date: 2019-05-05
Location: Richlands, NC
Date: 2022-04-14
Location: Australia
Date: 2021-10-20
Location: Australia
Date: 2021-10-21
Location: My Garden in Fort Worth, TX
Date: 2019-05-02
Location: Austin, Texas
Date: 2019-04-16
Location: At Napa Iris Gardens
Date: 2014-04-26
Location: My Garden in Fort Worth, TX
Date: 2019-05-02
Location: San Rafael, CA
Date: 2018-05-02
As it ages, it looks like a different bloom!
Location: San Rafael, CA
Date: 2018-03-28
Standards more brownish on this first bloom stalk
Location: Austin, Texas
Date: 2018-04-01
Location: At Napa Iris Gardens
Date: 2014-04-26
Location: My Garden in Fort Worth, TX
Date: 2019-05-02
Location: Australia
Date: 2022-11-06
West Pointer
Location: Australia
Date: 2022-11-06
West Pointer
Location: Napa Iris Gardens
Date: 2012-05-18
Location: San Rafael, CA
Date: 2018-03-19
Weatpointer .18
Location: Cisco, Tx 
Date: 2020-04-21
Location: At Napa Iris Gardens
Date: 2014-04-26
Location: Napa Iris Gardens
Date: 2012-05-18
Location: Napa Iris Gardens
Date: 2012-05-18

Photo courtesy of Sutton's Iris Gardens
  • Uploaded by Joy
Comments:
  • Posted by lilpod13 (SFBA - Zone 10a) on Apr 20, 2020 11:17 PM concerning plant:
    Although the Suttons registered this hybrid with information that included mid to late season bloom, Westpointer has consistently been one of the first irises to bloom in my garden the past three years.

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