Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Gerald Richardson
Year Of Registration: 2005
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2007
Seedling Number: 99-50-1
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 34 inches (86 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Flower Form: Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Blue
White
Flower Patterns: Reverse Amoena
Bloom Color Description: Blue white standards heavily infused blue violet; blue white falls
Beard Color: Blue white tipped creamy yellow
Style Arm Color: Blue white
Fragrance: Slight

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: 97-29-3: (Yaquina Blue x Tea Service) X Crowned Heads

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  • Tall Bearded Iris
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