Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Schreiner
Year Of Registration: 2002
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2002
Seedling Number: DD 145-1
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 40 inches (102 cm)
Bloom Season: Early
Bloom Color Classification: Light blue
Flower Patterns: Self
Bloom Color Description: Light blue
Beard Color: Silver
Awards: Honorable Mention: 2005

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: Mariah X Z 63-A: (Breakers x T 283-1: (Land o' Lakes x Pledge Allegiance))
Child plants: 4 child plants

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Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

Photo Gallery
Location: Western Kentucky
Date: May 2008
One of my all time favorites, but a bluer blue than shows.
Location: Panama Illinois
Date: 2022-05-17

Photo courtesy of Iris City Gardens
Photo by pinkiris
Location: Middle Tennessee
Date: 2014-05-02
First blooms (2014) in my yard
Location: Middle Tennessee
Date: 2014-05-02
My yard
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