Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Paul Black
Year Of Registration: 2000
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2001
Seedling Number: C59E
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 45 inches (114 cm)
Bloom Season: Late
Flower Form: Ruffled
Laced
Bloom Color Classification: Blue
Silver/Grey
Violet
Flower Patterns: Blend
Bloom Color Description: Silvery medium violet blue standards with darker base, paling with age to leave darker rim; silvery white falls shaded violet blue darkest at beard, paling near edge but with darker rim
Beard Color: Gold, violet blue at end, fuzzy dark blue horn
Space Age Beard Appendages: Horns
Style Arm Color: Dark violet blue edged pearl
Fragrance: Slight
Spicy
Awards: Honorable Mention: 2003
Award of Merit: 2005

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: Lookout Point X Honky Tonk Blues
Child plants: one child plant

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