Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Jim Hedgecock
Year Of Registration: 1991
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1996
Seedling Number: 84-1-1
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 38 inches (97 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Bloom Color Classification: Light blue
Bloom Color Description: Pale blue
Beard Color: Yellow, fuzzy pale blue horn
Space Age Beard Appendages: Horns
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: Sky Hooks X Soul Music

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  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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Location: My Garden, UK
Date: 2022-05-27
Location: Sussex, UK
Date: late May 2019
Fuzzy lilac horns - an elegant space-age!
Location: Sussex, UK
Date: late May 2019
Fuzzy lilac horns - an elegant space-age!
Location: My Garden, UK
Date: 2022-05-27
Location: Chailey Iris Garden, Sussex, UK
Date: early June 2021
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