Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: George Sutton
Year Of Registration: 1997
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1998
Seedling Number: G-20ARSA
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 38 inches (97 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid Late
Rebloom
Bloom Color Classification: Light blue
Flower Patterns: Self
Bloom Color Description: Pale wistaria blue
Beard Color: Dark blue violet, 1" bald wistaria blue horn
Space Age Beard Appendages: Horns
Style Arm Color: Pale wistaria blue
Fragrance: Slight
Spicy
Awards: Honorable Mention: 2002

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: Chico Maid X Sky Hooks

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Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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Location: My garden
Date: 2022-05-08
Location: My garden
Date: 2020-05-01
Location: God's Garden - Atwater CA
Date: April 2015
Taken in deep shade
Uploaded by Moiris
Location: Southeast Nebraska
Date: Spring 2013

Photo courtesy of Blue J Iris Used with permission.

Photo courtesy of Sutton's Iris Gardens

Photo courtesy of Williamson Farm Flowers
Location: God's Garden - Atwater CA
Date: April 2014
Location: Yukon, Oklahoma
Date: late April
very blue on a cloudy day

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