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Hybridizer: Bruce Filardi
Year Of Registration: 2004
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2006
Seedling Number: BF-195A
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 35 inches (89 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Flower Form: Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Gold
Silver/Grey
Flower Patterns: Blend
Bloom Color Description: Pale lavender pewter, fading to silver over time, 1/16" gilt edge on all petals
Beard Color: Pale blue, tipped yellow
Fragrance: Pronounced
Sweet
Awards: Honorable Mention: 2008
Award of Merit: 2011

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: Sheer Ecstasy X Silverado
Child plants: 5 child plants

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Common names
  • Iris
  • Tall Bearded Iris

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Location: Photo by Carol Bacskai; zone 5b, Yorkville, IL
Date: 2021-05-27
Location: Photo by Carol Bacskai; zone 5b, Yorkville, IL
Location: Durham, NC
Date: 2016-05-07
Location: Photo by Carol Bacskai; zone 5b, Yorkville, IL
Date: 2023-05-27
Location: Santa Cruz Mountains, California
Date: 2023-05-10

Date: 2014-04-23
Location: Photo by Carol Bacskai; zone 5b, Yorkville, IL
Date: 2021-06-01
Location: Santa Cruz Mountains, California
Date: 2017-04-30
Location: Philo, California
Date: 2019-05-31
Location: Durham, NC
Date: 2016-05-07
Location: Zone 6b, center garden
Date: May 14, 2020
Location: Santa Cruz Mountains, California
Date: 2017-04-24
Location: Philo, California
Date: 2018-05-09
Location: Mt. Pleasant Iris in WA
Date: 2015-05-13
Location: My zone 5 garden.
Date: 2019-05-14
Location: Zone 6b, center garden
Date: May 14, 2020
Location: Whitesboro, TX
Image courtesy of The Shady Spot Iris. All rights reserved.
Location: My zone 5 garden.
Date: 2019-05-09
first year - doesn't seem open all the way...
Location: At Napa Iris Gardens
Date: 2014-04-26
Location: At Napa Iris Gardens
Date: 2014-04-26
Location: South Carolina
Date: 2020-05-02

Date: 2013-04-25
Photo courtesy of Napa Country Iris Garden

Photo courtesy of Comanche Acres Iris Garden
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Photo courtesy of Stout Gardens
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Great pic by eclayne May 2, 2014 9:49 PM 0

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