Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Vincent Christopherson
Year Of Registration: 2004
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2005
Seedling Number: L5-9A
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 32 inches (81 cm)
Bloom Season: Early
Early Mid
Mid
Mid Late
Late
Flower Form: Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Blue
White
Yellow
Flower Patterns: Luminata
Bloom Color Description: White standards; white falls with blue luminata wash and yellow shoulders
Beard Color: Yellow
Style Arm Color: White

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: Mind Reader X Chiffon Ruffles
Child plants: one child plant

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Common names
  • Iris
  • Tall Bearded Iris

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Location: Santa Cruz Mountains, California
Date: 2017-04-30
Invitation Only (Christopherson '04)
Location: southeast Nebraska 
Date: 2022-05-14
Location: southeast Nebraska 
Date: 2021-05-09 
First bloom for this plant
Location: Michigan-my garden
Date: May 28, 2022
Location: Las Cruces, NM
Date: 2017-04-30
Iris Invitation Only
Uploaded by tveguy3
Location: Cisco, Tx
Uploaded by Snork
Uploaded by avmoran

Photo courtesy of Blue J Iris Used with permission.
Uploaded by Snork

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