Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Cy Bartlett
Year Of Registration: 1989
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1993
Seedling Number: BS-R-1
Classification: Border Bearded (BB)
Registered Height: 25 inches (64 cm)
Bloom Season: Early Mid
Mid
Mid Late
Late
Flower Form: Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Purple
White
Flower Patterns: Plicata
Bloom Color Description: White standards, heavily stitched deep purple blue on edge; white falls, heavy markings at hafts and top edge
Beard Color: Navy blue
Style Arm Color: Deep blue purple
Fragrance: Slight
Sweet
Awards: Other: British Dykes Medal 1994

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: Blue Staccato X Raziza
Child plants: 22 child plants

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Common names
  • Iris
  • Border Bearded Iris

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Location: Durham, NC
Date: 2017-04-21
Location: My garden, Somerset, CA
Date: May 24, 2020
In bright sunlight.
Location: my front yard
Date: 2013-05-29
Location: Schreiner's Gardens near Salem, OR
Date: 2015-05-14
Location: Panama Illinois
Date: 2022-05-17
Location: Tamberg garden, Berlin, Germany
Date: 2022-05-28
Location: my front yard
Date: 2013-05-29
Location: Chailey Iris Garden, East Sussex, UK.
Date: 2022-06-11
Location: My garden
Date: 2020-05-31

Date: 2018-05-26
Location: Back garden, Durham, NC
Date: May, 2013
Photo by Betja
Location: Durham, NC
Date: May, 2015
Brighter in sunlight
Location: Panama Illinois
Date: 2022-05-14
Location: Tamberg garden, Berlin, Germany
Date: 2022-05-28
Location: Vancouver,  WA 
Date: 2018-05-15
5 15 2018
Location: Botanical Garden of Moscow State University
Date: June
credit: Andrey Korzun
Location: Willamette Valley, Oregon 
Date: 2014-05-15
Photo by avmoran
Location: New Zealand
Date: 2011-11-09
Location: My garden
Date: 2018-05-31
Location: Tamberg garden, Berlin, Germany 
Date: 2023-06-05
Location: Tamberg garden, Berlin, Germany 
Date: 2023-06-05
Location: Back garden, Durham, NC
Date: May, 2013
Location: My garden, Somerset, CA
Date: May 24, 2020
In full sun.
Location: New Zealand
Date: 2010-11-07
Location: Sussex, UK
Date: early June 2019
Violet stitched edges develop as the bloom matures - style arms a
Photo by crowrita1
Photo by Betja
Photo by Betja
Location: Sussex, UK
Date: early June 2019
Violet stitched edges develop as the bloom matures - style arms a
Location: Durham, NC
Date: May, 2015
Bud just opening, nice stitching on the edges
Photo by Misawa77

Photo courtesy of Blue J Iris. Used with permission.
Photo by Betja
Location: Durham, NC
Date: May, 2015
Top view, you can see the detail on the standards
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