Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Don Denney by J. McWhirter
Year Of Registration: 1989
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1990
Seedling Number: D79-167
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 32 inches (81 cm)
Bloom Season: Early
Bloom Color Classification: Light blue
Flower Patterns: Self
Bloom Color Description: Light sky blue
Beard Color: White, tipped yellow
Fragrance: Slight
Awards: Honorable Mention: 1992
Award of Merit: 1996

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: Regents' Row X Winterscape
Child plants: 16 child plants

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Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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Location: My garden
Date: 2022-05-11 • 12:10 PM
Busy Being Blue
Location: My garden
Date: 2020-05-15
Location: Saratoga, CA
Date: 2017-03-29
Image taken in afternoon shade
Location: Saratoga, CA
Date: 2017-03-29
Image taken in afternoon shade
Location: north central Texas
Date: 2004-04-03
Location: My garden
Date: 2020-05-08
Location: In my garden, Lansing, IA
Date: 2021-05-20
Location: My garden
Date: 2019-05-07
First year bloom.
Location: My garden
Date: 2022-05-18
Busy Being Blue
Location: Saratoga, CA
Date: 2014-04-01
Location: Saratoga, CA
In (at least partial) shade
Location: Weiser, ID
Date: 2015 season
Location: My garden
Date: 2019-05-08
First year bloom.
Location: My garden
Date: 2022-05-07
Busy Being Blue

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Comments:
  • Posted by Weiser (Amarillo, TX - Zone 7a) on Dec 20, 2015 4:35 PM concerning plant:
    This is a lovely medium blue when it first opens, but it fades quickly.
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