Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Frederick Kerr
Year Of Registration: 2008
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2009
Seedling Number: 03-109-1
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 38 inches (97 cm)
Bloom Season: Early Mid
Flower Form: Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Blue
White
Flower Patterns: Emma Cook
Bloom Color Description: White standards, infused light green from base, sometime hairline yellow edge; white falls veined light green, tan haft markings at base, 1/2" medium blue edge
Beard Color: Yellow, tipped gold
Style Arm Color: White, crests edged ephemeral light blue
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: Revere X 00-105A: (Double Bubble x 98-006A: (Queen's Circle x 96-034A: (Kathleen Kay Nelson x Queen's Circle)))

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Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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Location: Home garden
Date: 2015-04-01
Location: My garden
Date: 2020-05-08
Second year, first bloom.
Location: Home garden
Date: 2015-04-01
Location: Richlands, NC
Date: 2022-04-20
Location: My garden
Date: 2020-05-13
Location: Home garden
Date: 2015-03-29
Location: Home garden
Date: 2015-04-01

Photo courtesy of Fred Kerr's Rainbow Acres

Photo courtesy of Blue J Iris. Used with permission.
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dragonfetti On April 25, 2015 Obtained plant
I.R.I.S. Garden Sale; rhizome, $3.33.
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