Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Jean Cayeux
Year Of Registration: 1991
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1987
Seedling Number: 7706 C
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 33 inches (84 cm)
Bloom Season: Early Mid
Bloom Color Classification: Blue
White
Flower Patterns: Emma Cook
Bloom Color Description: Crystalline white standards; medium blue falls, white centers
Beard Color: Yellow

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: (6507 A: ((Palomino x Emma Cook) x Tahiti Sunrise) x Pink Taffeta) X Condottiere
Child plants: 14 child plants

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Date: 2021-04-09
Alizes irises
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Date: 2020-05-23
My Alizes iris whose identity stick remained lost until this week
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Date: 2022-05-14
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Date: 2021-05-19
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Date: 2022-05-24
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Date: 4000-02-03

Photo courtesy of Blue J Iris Used with permission.
Location: Jardin des Plantes Paris, France
Date: May
credit: Jebulon

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