Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Barbara Nicodemus
Year Of Registration: 2010
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2011
Seedling Number: JR1-B
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 34 inches (86 cm)
Bloom Season: Early
Early Mid
Mid
Mid Late
Late
Rebloom
Rebloom by Zone: Known To Rebloom Zone 7: 0°-10°
Flower Form: Bubble Ruffled
Flared
Bloom Color Classification: Blue
Light blue
Flower Patterns: Neglecta
Bloom Color Description: Icy blue standards; blue violet falls marbled and veined icy blue
Beard Color: Frosty blue
Style Arm Color: Icy blue
Foliage: Purple Based
Awards: Honorable Mention: 2013
Award of Merit: 2017

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
Underground structures: Rhizome
Propagation: Seeds: Will not come true from seed
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Ploidy: Tetraploid
Parentage: Honky Tonk Blues X Fabulous One

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Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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Location: My garden in Alabaster, AL
Date: 2024-04-25

Date: 2015-04-25
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Date: 2020-06-18
Location: East facing garden zone 6a
Date: Spring 2019
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Date: May 10, 2017
First flower open
Location: East facing garden zone 6a
Date: Spring 2019
Location: My garden in southeast Nebraska
Date: 2014-05-26
Location: Michigan-my garden
Date: June 2016
Huge flowers
Location: cummings garden
Date: 2012-04-28
Location: Whitesboro, TX
Date: 2017-06-08
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Photo courtesy of Napa Country Iris Garden
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