Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: George Sutton
Year Of Registration: 1997
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1998
Seedling Number: G-17 ARSA
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 35 inches (89 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid Late
Flower Form: Ruffled
Laced
Bloom Color Classification: Violet
Bloom Color Description: Wistaria blue standards infused and veined princess blue at base; princess blue, pale wistaria blue central area
Beard Color: Orange, white base, end white tipped orange, white arms ending in 1" to 2" princess blue flounce
Space Age Beard Appendages: Flounces
Style Arm Color: Wistaria blue
Fragrance: Slight
Sweet
Awards: Honorable Mention: 2000

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: Mystic Lace X Let's Pretend
Child plants: 8 child plants

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Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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Location: Photo by Carol Bacskai; zone 5b, Yorkville, IL
Date: 2020-05-27
Location: Santa Cruz Mountains, California
Date: 2021-05-03
Photo by shizen
Location: zone 10a socal
Date: 2019-04-05
Location: Photo by Carol Bacskai; zone 5b, Yorkville, IL
Date: 2022-05-26
Location: Australia
Date: 2020-10-22
Location: Australia
Date: 2020-10-23
Location: Yorkville, IL
Date: 2020-05-28
Location: Santa Cruz Mountains, California
Date: 2015-05-04
Photo by Henhouse
Location: -Tasmania 2014

Photo courtesy of Blue J Iris. Used with permission.
Plant Events from our members
shizen On October 8, 2018 Obtained plant
lifted &div. 1 in front near 'clarence' . 2 in pink bed.
shizen On September 9, 2016 Obtained plant
plntd. pot
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