Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Barry Blyth
Year Of Registration: 2006
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2009
Seedling Number: M65-6
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 36 inches (91 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid Late
Flower Form: Bubble Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Copper/Brown
Lavender
Violet
Yellow
Flower Patterns: Blend
Bloom Color Description: Creamy lemon standards; lavender falls, 3/8" soft champagne edge, violet center, hafts smooth tan extending half way down, tan black near top
Beard Color: Mustard
Fragrance: Pronounced
Sweet
Awards: Honorable Mention: 2011

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: H159-2: (E128-2: (Over the Blues x Sierra Grande) x Mastery) X Decadence
Child plants: 22 child plants

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Common names
  • Iris
  • Tall Bearded Iris

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Date: 2019-05-25
Location: My garden, Ukraine, Zaporizhzhya region Zone: 6a 
Date: 2022-05-29
Location: My garden, Ukraine, Zaporizhzhya region Zone: 6a 
Date: 2022-05-25

Date: 2020-05-25
Location: Mid-America Gardens
Date: 2015-05-14
Location: Russia, Krasnodarskij Kraj
Date: 2017-05-28
Location: My garden, Ukraine, Zaporizhzhya region Zone: 6a 
Date: 2021-05-30
Location: Russia, Krasnodarskij Kraj
Date: 2017-05-28
Photo by ARUBA1334
Photo by tveguy3
Location: Russia, Krasnodarskij Kraj
Date: 2017-05-28

Date: 2018-05-23
Location: Russia, Krasnodarskij Kraj
Date: 2020-05-20
Location: Schreiners Gardens
Date: 2012-06-04
Location: Maryland
Date: 2017-05-06
2017 bloom
Location: Michigan-my garden
Date: Spring 2021

Date: 2018-05-26
Location: Mid-America Gardens, Salem, Oregon
Date: 2016-05-05

Date: 2019-05-09
Location: Catheys Valley CA
Photo courtesy of Superstition Iris Gardens, posted with permissi
Photo by Mikey
Location: Napa Iris Gardens
Date: 2012-05-18
Location: Michigan-my garden
Date: June 6, 2017
Location: Michigan-my garden
Date: June 4, 2017
Location: Iowa
Date: 2012-05-09
Photo by Betja
Photo by Betja
Location: Mid-America Gardens
Date: 2015-05-14
Photo by Betja
Photo by Betja

Date: 2009-05-26
Photo courtesy of Napa Country Iris Garden
Location: Schreiners Gardens
Date: 2012-06-04
Location: Napa Iris Gardens
Date: 2012-05-18
Photo by Betja
Photo by Betja
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