Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Elvan Roderick
Year Of Registration: 1973
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1975
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 30 inches (76 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid Late
Flower Form: Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Blue
Light blue
Flower Patterns: Neglecta
Bloom Color Description: Blue white standards; medium blue falls
Awards: Honorable Mention: 1976
Award of Merit: 1979
Dykes Memorial Medal: 1983
Franklin Cook Memorial Cup: 1982

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: Favorite Topic X Tempo
Child plants: 53 child plants

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  • Tall Bearded Iris
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Location: Indiana
Date: May
Tall bearded iris 'Ruffled Ballet'
Location: Santa Cruz Mountains, California
Date: 2016-04-27
Location: Santa Cruz Mountains, California
Date: 2018-04-29
Ruffled Ballet (Roderick 1975)
Location: My garden
Date: 2016-04-20
Location: Schreiner's Gardens near Salem, OR
Date: 2015-05-14
Location: My garden
Date: May 2013
Ruffled Ballet TB

Photo courtesy of Pleasants Valley Iris Farm
Location: In a public garden
Date: 2013-05-04

Photo courtesy of Blue J Iris. Used with permission.

Date: 2003-05-14
Photo courtesy of Napa Country Iris Garden

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