Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Joseph Ghio
Year Of Registration: 2003
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2004
Seedling Number: U97-3C
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 34 inches (86 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid Late
Flower Form: Bubble Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Blue
White
Yellow
Flower Patterns: Line and Speckles
Bloom Color Description: White standards; white falls, wide yellow band and shoulders, blue lines radiating from beard to band, with blue dots at end of petal
Beard Color: Red
Awards: Honorable Mention: 2006
Award of Merit: 2008

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: 95-1: (U92-7A2, unknown, x 93-90: (88-180P: (Notorious x ((Success Story x (Fancy Tales x Alpine Castle)) x ((Persian Smoke x Entourage) x ((Strawberry Sundae x (Artiste x Tupelo Honey)) x (Marmalade Skies x (Sun King x (Gold Trimmings x Solano))))))) x Romantic Evening)) X Impulsive
Child plants: 21 child plants

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Common names
  • Iris
  • Tall Bearded Iris

Photo Gallery
Location: Iowa
Date: 2012-05-30
Location: My garden, Ukraine, Zaporizhzhya region Zone: 6a 
Date: 2022-05-24
Photo by Snork

Date: 2019-05-17

Date: 2019-05-24
Photo by Betja

Date: 2018-05-16
Location: BC
Date: 2020-05-22
Location: Las Cruces, NM
Date: 2020-05-04
TB Iris Expose
Photo by Betja
Location: Home
Date: 2015-06-02
Location: Western Kentucky
Date: May 2015
Location: My garden
Date: 2019-05-30
First year bloom, in full sun.
Location: Fort Worth TX
Date: 2009-01-03
Iris \"Expose\"
Location: Home
Location: my yard

Date: 2020-05-17
Photo by tveguy3
Photo by tveguy3
Location: Las Cruces, NM
Date: 2020-05-04
TB Iris Expose
Location: In my garden
Date: 2013-04-23
Photo by Calif_Sue
Location: BC
Date: 2020-05-22
Location: At Napa Iris Gardens
Date: 2014-04-26

At Schreiner's Iris Gardens, Oregon.
Location: In my garden
Date: 2013-04-23
Photo by Calif_Sue
Photo by mattsmom
Location: Home
Date: 2016-06-05
Location: In my garden
Date: 2013-04-23
Photo by Betja
Photo by mattsmom
Location: Cisco, Tx 
Date: 2021-04-30
Location: Iowa
Date: 2012-05-15

Photo courtesy of Blue J Iris. Used with permission.
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Location: Tamberg garden, Berlin, Germany 
Date: 2023-05-29

At Schreiner's Iris Gardens, Oregon.
Photo by mattsmom
Location: Tamberg garden, Berlin, Germany 
Date: 2023-05-29
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