Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Jim Hedgecock
Year Of Registration: 2012
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2012
Seedling Number: Q-137-A
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 35 inches (89 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Bloom Color Classification: Blue
Bloom Color Description: Medium blue, near white areas around beards
Beard Color: White turning yellow in throat

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: Great Gatsby X L-95: (Better Late x Star Sailor)

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Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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Location: Mt. Pleasant Iris in WA
Date: 2015-05-13
Location: Beaumont Ridge Iris Gardens
Date: May 14 -- 2017
Wicked Cool -- J. Hedgecock '12

Photo courtesy of Comanche Acres Iris Garden
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