Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Michael Sutton
Year Of Registration: 2002
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2003
Seedling Number: L-154-A
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 33 inches (84 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid Late
Bloom Color Classification: Blue
Light blue
Flower Patterns: Dark Top
Bloom Color Description: Blue violet standards, edge lighter; palest blue falls, deep blue violet centerline
Beard Color: Pale blue, hairs tipped yellow, palest blue feathery flounce with deep violet blue underside
Space Age Beard Appendages: Flounces
Style Arm Color: Blue violet
Fragrance: Slight
Spicy

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: Bye Bye Blues X Bugleboy Blues

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Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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Date: 2016-06-03
Image courtesy of Blue J Iris
Location: Chino Valley Arizona
Date: 2021-05-02

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