Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Opal Brown
Year Of Registration: 1972
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1972
Seedling Number: 9-14E16
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 38 inches (97 cm)
Bloom Season: Early Mid
Bloom Color Classification: Violet
Flower Patterns: Bitone
Bloom Color Description: Wisteria blue standards; blue falls
Beard Color: Light yellow, brushed blue
Awards: Honorable Mention: 1973
Award of Merit: 1976

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: Babbling Brook X 3-12C1: ((Lipstick x Country Cuzzin) x Bright Cloud)
Child plants: 37 child plants

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  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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Uploaded by Cuzz4short
Location: My Gardens
Date: May 25, 2009
In My Iris Garden
Location: My Gardens
Date: May 25, 2009
In My Iris Garden
Location: My garden, Eagle Point, Oregon
More sunlight on this one
Location: West Valley City, UT
Location: 6b Rhode Island
Date: 2023-05-12
Uploaded by Snork
Location: my garden in Dawsonville, GA (zone 7b north Geogia mountains)
Date: 2021-05-08
Location: my garden in Dawsonville, GA (zone 7b north Geogia mountains)
Date: 2022-05-05
Generous clump 2 years after planting, though stalks are short th
Location: Cisco, Tx 
Date: 2020-04-11
Location: Arcola, MO
Date: 2013-05-16
Location: My garden, Eagle Point, Oregon
Photo in shade
Location: north bed
Date: 2018-05-28
needs staking
Location: West Valley City, UT
Location: Michigan-my garden
Date: June 8, 2017
Location: Michigan-my garden
Location: north bed
Date: 2018-05-29
exact same flower, one day older and different light
Location: north bed
Date: 2018-05-29
exact same flower, one day older and different light
Location: north bed
Date: 2018-05-28
needs staking

Photo Courtesy of Te Sligte Gardens. Used with Permission
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