Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: William Maryott
Year Of Registration: 2000
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2000
Seedling Number: YZREBLUE
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 38 inches (97 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Rebloom
Flower Form: Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Blue
Flower Patterns: Bitone
Bloom Color Description: Medium blue, falls slightly darker
Beard Color: Medium blue

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: Probably -- Yaquina Blue x Unknown Sdlg
Child plants: one child plant

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Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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Date: 2014-04-23
Location: Sussex, UK
Date: late May 2019
A showy ruffled beauty in blue / purple.

Photo courtesy of Napa Country Iris Garden
Location: Sussex, UK
Date: early May 2020
This years blooms are even deeper sapphire, it that's possible!
Plant Events from our members
gardenglassgems On August 26, 2022 Plant Ended (Removed, Died, Discarded, etc)
Planted in 2 pots to be raised in the garage over winter in 2022/2023.
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