Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Duane Meek
Year Of Registration: 1993
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1993
Seedling Number: 327-1-5
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 34 inches (86 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid Late
Flower Form: Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Light blue
Purple
Flower Patterns: Neglecta
Bloom Color Description: Blue white standards, flushed deeper at midrib; very dark blue purple falls, small ray pattern at tip of beards
Beard Color: Lavender, tipped bronze
Awards: Honorable Mention: 1995

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: 450-1-1: (Premonition x Pacific Shores) X Graduation
Child plants: 23 child plants

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Common names
  • Iris
  • Tall Bearded Iris

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Location: My Garden, Ontario, Canada
Date: 2019-06-22
Location: My Garden, Ontario, Canada
Date: 2015-06-15
Location: Chino Valley Arizona
Date: 2020-05-07

Date: 2014-11-15
Photo by Betja
Location: Los Altos, CA
Date: 2017-05-01
Location: My Garden, Wickford, Essex, UK. 
Date: 2023-05-29
Location: Schreiner's Gardens near Salem, OR
Date: 2015-05-14
Photo by Betja

Photo courtesy of Pleasants Valley Iris Farm
Location: Cisco, Tx
Location: At Napa Iris Gardens
Date: 2014-04-26

Photo courtesy of Blue J Iris. Used with permission.
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Date: 2003-05-12
Photo courtesy of Napa Country Iris Garden

Photo courtesy of Blue J Iris. Used with permission.
Location: Schreiner's Gardens near Salem, OR
Date: 2015-05-14
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