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Hybridizer: Barry Blyth
Year Of Registration: 2009
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2009
Seedling Number: Q77A-1
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 35 inches (89 cm)
Bloom Season: Very Early
Flower Form: Bubble Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Lavender
Bloom Color Description: Lilac standards; lilac falls with overall deeper purple veining and some white veining beside beard
Beard Color: White tipped tangerine
Fragrance: Slight
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: By Jeeves X N273-B: (Taste the Magic x Reckless in Denim)
Child plants: one child plant

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  • Tall Bearded Iris
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Location: Philo, California
Date: 2022-05-12
Location: Russia, Krasnodarskij Kraj
Date: 2019-05-16
Location: My garden in southeast Nebraska
Date: 2013-06-19
Location: Durham, NC
Date: 2017-04-14
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Date: 2018-05-07
Location: Russia, Krasnodarskij Kraj
Date: 2020-05-16
Location: Russia, Krasnodarskij Kraj
Date: 2019-05-16

Date: 2014-04-24
Location: Philo, California
Date: 2017-05-17
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Location: My garden in southeast Nebraska
Date: 2014-05-21
Location: My garden in southeast Nebraska
Date: 2014-05-25
Location: Russia, Krasnodarskij Kraj
Date: 2020-05-21
Location: My garden in southeast Nebraska
Date: 2014-05-25
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Location: My garden in Bakersfield, CA
Date: 2013-04-13
Location: Catheys Valley CA
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Location: Whitesboro, TX
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Date: 2014-04-24
Location: My garden in southeast Nebraska
Date: 2013-05-30
Location: My garden in southeast Nebraska
Date: 2013-05-28
Location: Keith Keppel's garden in Salem, OR.
Date: 2011-05-23

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Location: Catheys Valley CA
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