Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Lucy Burton
Year Of Registration: 2013
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2015
Seedling Number: L96-RB-1
Classification: Border Bearded (BB)
Registered Height: 24 inches (61 cm)
Bloom Season: Early
Bloom Color Classification: Light blue
Bloom Color Description: Blue tinted white, short green veins around beards
Beard Color: White, tipped yellow in throat
Style Arm Color: 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 8b
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Underground structures: Rhizome
Propagation: Seeds: Will not come true from seed
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Ploidy: Tetraploid
Parentage: L90-BP-3: (Annikins x Mellow Fellow) X L93-BN-4: (Soft Spoken x Mellow Fellow)

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Common names
  • Border Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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Location: Mt. Pleasant Iris in WA
Date: 2015-05-13
Location: Las Cruces, NM
Date: 2023-05-01
BB Iris Hi Buddy
Location: southeast Nebraska 
Date: 2023-05-05
Bloomed white for me with faint green veins.
Location: Cross Junction, VA
Photo courtesy of Winterberry Iris Gardens

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