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Hybridizer: John Weiler
Year Of Registration: 1983
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1984
Seedling Number: 78-57-6
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 37 inches (94 cm)
Bloom Season: Early
Early Mid
Mid
Mid Late
Late
Bloom Color Classification: Light blue
Flower Patterns: Self
Bloom Color Description: Medium blue, decided turquoise tint
Beard Color: Pale yellow
Fragrance: Slight
Sweet
Awards: Honorable Mention: 1986
Award of Merit: 1990

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: 75-45-1: ((Pacific Panorama x Seaside) x Full Tide) X 73-29-3: ((Pacific Panorama x Seaside) x (Pacific Panorama x Seaside))
Child plants: 7 child plants

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  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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Location: my garden, Utah
Date: 06/02/2021

Date: 2005-05-14
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Date: 2019-04-17
Location: Saratoga, CA
Date: 2014-04-18
Image taken in shade.
Location: Las Cruces, NM
Date: 2017-04-14
Tall Bearded Iris Navajo Jewel
Location: my 6a Missouri Garden
Date: 2015-05-16
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Date: 2014-05-12
Turquoise pretty
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