Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Schreiner
Year Of Registration: 1994
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1994
Seedling Number: AA 110-A
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 39 inches (99 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Flower Form: Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Light blue
Flower Patterns: Dark Top
Bloom Color Description: Blue lavender standards; blue white falls, blue lavender washed center
Beard Color: Light blue, frost tipped
Awards: Honorable Mention: 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
Underground structures: Rhizome
Propagation: Seeds: Will not come true from seed
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Ploidy: Tetraploid
Parentage: Sea of Joy X Memphis Blues
Child plants: 7 child plants

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Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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Location: Sussex, UK
Date: early June 2019
A very beautiful blue...
Location: www.dasIrisFeld.ch in Oetlishausen, Switzerland - photo by Sharlene Sutter
Date: 2021-06-08
Location: My garden in SE PA
Date: 2014-05-28
Location: Chailey Iris Garden, East Sussex, UK.
Date: 2022-06-11
Location: Sussex, UK
Date: early June 2019
A very beautiful blue... younger blooms have more blue, the falls
Location: New Zealand
Date: 2011-11-21
Location: New Zealand
Date: 2013-11-03
Location: New Zealand
Date: 2011-11-23

Photo Courtesy of Te Sligte Gardens. Used with Permission
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Photo courtesy of Williamson Farm Flowers

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