Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Barry Blyth
Year Of Registration: 2013
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2013
Seedling Number: T13-2
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 35 inches (89 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Flower Form: Bubble Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Lavender
White
Flower Patterns: Line and Speckles
Bloom Color Description: White standards, slight green tinge at midrib; lavender falls, all over veining of deeper lavender, 1/4" white edge
Beard Color: Tangerine over white, outer 1/2" lavender
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: Dinner Talk X Keppel 04-133F: (Blyth N48-X: (Royal Sterling x Keppel 99-42Y: (Last Laugh x 95-49B: (Electrique x Romantic Evening))) x Blyth N213: (Hello It's Me x Reckless in Denim))

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  • Tall Bearded Iris
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Location: Durham, NC
Date: 2019-04-28
Dappled sunlight.

Date: 2020-05-17
Location: Copenhagen, Denmark, EU
Date: 2017-07-30
Stalk. Evening light.
Location: Russia, Krasnodar region, Novokubansk
Date: 2022-05-19

Date: 2015-05-11
Location: Las Cruces, NM
Date: 2019-04-25
TB Iris Gallic Softness
Location: Copenhagen, Denmark, EU
Date: 2017-07-30
Evening light
Location: Copenhagen, Denmark, EU
Date: 2017-07-29
Evening light
Location: Keith Keppel's Garden
Date: 2015-05-13
Location: Russia, Krasnodar region, Novokubansk
Date: 2022-05-19

Date: 2014-05-20
Location: Michigan-my garden
Date: June 2022
Location: Michigan-my garden
Date: 2020-06-05
Location: Copenhagen, Denmark, EU
Date: 2017-07-30
Beard shot. Evening light.
Location: Michigan-my garden
Date: June 2022
Location: Australia
Date: 2022-10-30
Gallic Softness
Location: Australia
Date: 2022-10-29
Gaelic Softness
Photo by coboro

Date: 2016-10-31

Date: 2018-11-09

Date: 2015-05-11
Location: Keith Keppel's Garden
Date: 2015-05-13

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