Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: G. Miller
Year Of Registration: 1987
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1988
Seedling Number: GM-3-83-1
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 36 inches (91 cm)
Bloom Season: Early
Early Mid
Mid
Bloom Color Description: Pale blue standards, fading to near white; darker blue to purple falls
Beard Color: White, tipped blue, yellow deep in throat
Style Arm Color: Blue style, darker blue stripe down center
Fragrance: Slight
Sweet

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
Fragrant
Underground structures: Rhizome
Propagation: Seeds: Will not come true from seed
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Ploidy: Tetraploid
Parentage: Patricia Craig X Lord Baltimore

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Location: Garden of Gary Miller, Phoenix, AZ
Location: Garden of Gary Miller, Phoenix, AZ
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