Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Schreiner
Year Of Registration: 1997
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1997
Seedling Number: 1988 #25
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 34 inches (86 cm)
Bloom Season: Early Mid
Flower Form: Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Black
Light blue
Flower Patterns: Neglecta
Bloom Color Description: Light blue standards; dark violet black falls
Beard Color: Yellow, dark violet at end
Style Arm Color: Light blue
Fragrance: Slight
Awards: Honorable Mention: 1999

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: Parentage unknown
Child plants: 4 child plants

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Date: 2012-05-14
Uploaded by Valery33
Location: Maine
Date: 2015-06-12
Location: My garden in southeast Nebraska
Date: 2013-05-26
Location: California
Date: 2013-05-22
Northwest Progress, photo taken at 4 p.m.
Uploaded by KentPfeiffer
Location: My garden in southeast Nebraska
Date: 2011-05-16
Location: Botanical Garden of Moscow State University
Date: June
credit: Andrey Korzun
Location: My garden in southeast Nebraska
Date: 2011-05-16
Location: My garden in southeast Nebraska
Date: 2012-04-28
Location: My garden in southeast Nebraska
Date: 2010-05-13

Photo courtesy of Blue J Iris. Used with permission.

Photo courtesy of Pleasants Valley Iris Farm
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Photo courtesy of Pleasants Valley Iris Farm

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