Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Cy Bartlett
Year Of Registration: 1998
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1998
Seedling Number: HD-IQ 1
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 37 inches (94 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Flower Form: Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Light blue
Flower Patterns: Self
Bloom Color Description: Light blue
Beard Color: Medium blue violet
Space Age Beard Appendages: Horns
Fragrance: Slight
Sweet
Awards: Honorable Mention: 2001

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: Howdy Do X Inca Queen

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Date: 2008-01-01
Location: Western Kentucky
Date: May 2014
Location: My garden, Willow Valley Communities, Lakes Campus, Willow Street, Pennsylvania
Date: 2022-05-23
Location: Zone7b East Tenn
Location: Western Kentucky
Date: Spring 2014
Location: Whitesboro, TX
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Location: zone 6
Date: May

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Date: 4000-05-07
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Date: 2018-04-13

Date: 2013-10-21
Location: Willamette Valley Oregon
Date: May 2008

Photo courtesy of Blue J Iris
Location: Vancouver,  WA 
Date: 2018-05-03
5 3 2018

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