Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Frederick Kerr
Year Of Registration: 2008
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2009
Seedling Number: 00-094-1
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 28 inches (71 cm)
Bloom Season: Early Mid
Rebloom
Flower Form: Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Violet
White
Yellow
Flower Patterns: Emma Cook
Bloom Color Description: Light yellow standards; light yellow falls, large white area below beards, darker yellow beside beards, 1/4" violet blue edge
Beard Color: Yellow tipped gold
Style Arm Color: Light yellow
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: Bold Vision X Queen's Circle
Child plants: 3 child plants

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Common names
  • Iris
  • Tall Bearded Iris

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Location: Santa Cruz Mountains, California
Date: 2014-07-10
Location: Santa Cruz Mountains, California
Date: 2016-11-13
Location: Sacramento, CA
Date: 2019-12-09
Uploaded by Henhouse
Location: Clovis, Ca  zone 9b
Date: 2024-02-18
Spring Bliss  28”  EM  Re  Kerr  2008
Location: Clovis, Ca  zone 9b
Date: 2024-02-16
Spring Bliss
Location: Clovis, Ca  zone 9b
Date: 2024-02-16
Spring Bliss  28”  EM  Re  Kerr  2008https://wiki.irises.org/Tb
Location: Sacramento, CA
Date: 2021-04-11
Uploaded by Henhouse
Location: Clovis, Ca  zone 9b
Date: 2024-02-18
Spring Bliss 28”  EM  Re  Kerr https://wiki.irises.org/TbPthruT
Location: Superstition Garden - Cathey's Valley, CA
Date: April 18, 2015

Photo courtesy of Fred Kerr's Rainbow Acres
Location: Superstition Iris Gardens - Cathey's Valley, CA
Date: April 18, 2015
Location: Catheys Valley CA
Photo courtesy of Superstition Iris Gardens, posted with permissi
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