Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Sanford Babson
Year Of Registration: 1968
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1969
Seedling Number: Q46-11
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 38 inches (97 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Bloom Color Classification: Blue
Flower Patterns: Self
Bloom Color Description: Medium blue
Beard Color: Blue
Awards: Honorable Mention: 1970
Award of Merit: 1972
Dykes Memorial Medal: 1974
Franklin Cook Memorial Cup: 1973

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: Pacific Panorama X Epic
Child plants: 85 child plants

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Photo by Valery33

Date: 2016-11-08
Photo by Betja
Location: Michigan-my garden
Date: June 2015
Location: Sass Memorial Garden near Ashland, Nebraska
Date: 2012-05-04
Location: Whitesboro, TX
Image courtesy of The Shady Spot Iris. All rights reserved.

Photo courtesy of Iris City Gardens
Location: Schreiner's Gardens near Salem, OR
Date: 2015-05-14
Location: Whitesboro, TX
Date: 2017-05-23
Image courtesy of The Shady Spot Iris. All rights reserved.
Location: Sass Memorial Garden near Ashland, NE
Date: 2010-05-21
Location: Schreiner's Iris Gardens, Salen, Oregon
Date: 2015-05-18
AIS National Convention, Portland, OR--Iris in Wonderland 2015
Photo by Betja

Date: June
credit: Andrey Korzun
Location: Catheys Valley CA
Photo courtesy of Superstition Iris Gardens, posted with permissi

Photo courtesy of Blue J Iris. Used with permission.

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