Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Sergey Loktev
Year Of Registration: 2003
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2004
Seedling Number: 97-L17-24I
Classification: Border Bearded (BB)
Registered Height: 26 inches (65 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid Late
Bloom Color Description: Light grey blue standards, narrow grey lemon rim; blue violet falls, center darker, haft white cream with lilac brown patterning
Beard Color: White and light blue at end, yellow, to dark yellow in throat
Style Arm Color: Light yellow, light blue midrib and crests

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 8b
Flowers: Showy
Underground structures: Rhizome
Propagation: Seeds: Will not come true from seed
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Ploidy: Tetraploid
Parentage: Iyunskaya Melodiya X Traitor

Common names
  • Border Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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