Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Joseph Ghio
Year Of Registration: 1982
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1983
Seedling Number: 77-77Y
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 34 inches (86 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid Late
Bloom Color Classification: Light blue
Violet
White
Flower Patterns: Plicata
Bloom Color Description: Blue violet standards over white ground; white falls, marbled blue violet, white area around beards
Beard Color: Blue white
Awards: Honorable Mention: 1985

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: Premonition X Barletta
Child plants: 23 child plants

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Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

Photo Gallery
Location: My garden
Date: May 2012
Handiwork TB
Location: My garden
Date: May 2013
Handiwork TB clump
Location: my back yard
Date: 2024-05-20
Location: my back yard
Date: 2024-05-20

Photo courtesy of Blue J Iris Used with permission.
Comments:
  • Posted by Australis (Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - Zone 10a) on Nov 27, 2024 6:22 AM concerning plant:
    This is a luminata-plicata and is described as such in the original catalogue entry on the Iris wiki.

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