Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Schreiner
Year Of Registration: 1991
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1991
Seedling Number: W 450-2
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 38 inches (97 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Flower Form: Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Blue
White
Flower Patterns: Amoena
Bloom Color Description: White standards; blue falls, white edge
Beard Color: Yellow, tipped white
Foliage: Purple Based
Awards: Honorable Mention: 1993
Award of Merit: 1996

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: Pledge Allegiance X N 39-B: (((inv. Harbor Blue, Blue Sapphire, Celestial Snow, First Violet, King's Choice, Allegiance) x (Rococo x Prince Indigo)) x (Margarita sdlg. x ((Salem x Cahokia sdlg.) x ((Broadway Star x Whole Cloth) x Blue Mountains))))
Child plants: 28 child plants

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Uploaded by Donnerville
Location: my front yard
Date: 2012-05-11
Location: Willow Street, Pennsylvania
Date: 2024-05-11
Location: Eagle Bay, New York
Date: 2017-06-14
Tall Bearded Iris (Iris 'Ride the Wind')
Location: Eagle Bay, New York
Date: 2005-06-13
Tall Bearded Iris (Iris 'Ride the Wind')
Uploaded by Betja
Uploaded by Betja
Location: Eagle Bay, New York
Date: 2019-06-19
Tall Bearded Iris (Iris 'Ride the Wind')

At Schreiner's Iris Gardens, Oregon.
Location: Schreiner's Garden
Date: 2011-05-20
Location: In my garden. Poland.
Location: my front yard
Date: 2010-05-12
Location: my front yard
Date: 2012-05-11

At Schreiner's Iris Gardens, Oregon.
Location: SW Row 2-9
Date: 4-21-16
This is a beauty so far it really doesn't like the desert heat.
Location: Schreiner's Garden
Date: 2011-05-20

Photo courtesy of Blue J Iris. Used with permission.

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