Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: N. Sexton
Year Of Registration: 1960
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1960
Seedling Number: 21
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 40 inches (102 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Bloom Color Classification: Blue
Flower Patterns: Self
Bloom Color Description: Medium sea blue
Beard Color: Medium sea blue
Awards: Honorable Mention: 1961
Award of Merit: 1963
Dykes Memorial Medal: 1965
Other: High Commendation 1960

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: Swan Ballet X South Pacific
Child plants: 54 child plants

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Location: From my collection. Poland.
Location: charlottetown, pei, canada
Date: 2011-06-29
tall bearded iris -Pacific Panorama

Bloom is not this blue; artifact due to camera, but it appears mo
Location: Back yard
Date: 2017-05-30
Location: Sass Memorial Garden near Ashland, NE
Date: 2012-05-04
Location: Whitesboro, TX
Date: 2017-05-23
Image courtesy of The Shady Spot Iris. All rights reserved.
Location: Back yard
Date: 2017-05-30
Location: Schreiner's Gardens near Salem, OR
Date: 2015-05-14
Location: In my garden. Poland.
Uploaded by avmoran
Location: In my garden. Poland.
Location: In my garden. Poland.
Location: Paris, France
Date: May 2015
Location: In my garden. Poland.
Location: In my garden. Poland.
Location: In my garden. Poland.

Date: May
credit: Jebulon
Location: In a public garden
Date: 2013-05-04
Uploaded by Misawa77
Location: Paris, France
Date: May 2015

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