Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Cayeux
Year Of Registration: 1999
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2000
Seedling Number: 9392 C
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 33 inches (85 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid Late
Bloom Color Classification: Violet
Yellow
Flower Patterns: Bicolor
Bloom Color Description: Light butter yellow standards; light blue lavender falls
Beard Color: Yellow, blue lavender at end

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: Edith Wolford X Honky Tonk Blues
Child plants: 6 child plants

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Common names
  • Iris
  • Tall Bearded Iris

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Location: My garden, Sweden
Date: June 2017
Location: Oxfordshire, England
Date: 2018-06-27
Location: Oxfordshire, England
Date: 2017-05-27
Location: Oxfordshire, England
Date: 2019-06-21
Beautiful, late blooms
Location: Oxfordshire, England
Date: 2017-05-29
Location: Schreiners Gardens
Date: 2012-06-01
Location: Chailey Iris Garden, East Sussex, UK.
Location: my yard
Date: 2019-04-23
Location: France 
Date: 2022
Location: my yard
Date: 2017-04-29
Location: Western Kentucky
Date: April 2012
Location: Cisco, Tx 
Date: 2020-04-25
Location: Northern Germany
Date: 2002-11-04
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Location: New Zealand
Date: 2013-11-03
Location: my yard
Date: 2017-04-27
beaten up a bit by a Dallas storm
Photo by avmoran
Location: Real Jardín Botánico de Madrid.
Date: May
credit: Cillas
Location: In my garden. Poland.
Location: New Zealand
Date: 2013-11-01
Location: New Zealand
Date: 2012-11-15
Location: Madrid, Spain | April, 2023
Date: 2023-04-08
Location: Northern Germany
Date: 2002-11-06
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Photo courtesy of Stout Gardens
Location: Poilly-Lez-Gien France
"Photo courtesy of Cayeux Iris. Used with permission."

Photo courtesy of Blue J Iris Used with permission.
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