Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Monty Byers
Year Of Registration: 1985
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1988
Seedling Number: B-9-3
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 36 inches (91 cm)
Bloom Season: Early
Early Mid
Mid
Flower Form: Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Blue
Flower Patterns: Self
Bloom Color Description: Bluebird blue
Beard Color: Bluebird blue, lightly tipped yellow orange in throat, 1.5" blue horns and occasional spoons
Space Age Beard Appendages: Horns
Spoons
Fragrance: Pronounced
Sweet

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: Sky Hooks X Victoria Falls
Child plants: 13 child plants

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Common names
  • Iris
  • Tall Bearded Iris

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Location: New Zealand
Location: New Zealand
Date: 2016-10-17
Location: New Zealand
Date: 2016-10-19
Flounces - at last!
Location: My garden in southeast Nebraska
Date: 2010-05-14

Date: 2011-05-17
Uploaded by KentPfeiffer
Location: New Zealand
Date: 2016-10-17
Location: Hidden Hills CA
Date: 2013-04-05
Rebloom stalk

Date: 2011-03-10
Location: So Cal
Date: 2013-03-14
FFO at the end of a 92 degree day
Location: So Cal
Date: 2013-03-14
FFO at the end of a 92 degree day
Comments:
  • Posted by OldGardener (So Cal - Zone 10b) on Apr 5, 2013 3:30 PM concerning plant:
    Scented Bubbles is currently re-blooming here (in So Cal).

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