Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Barry Blyth
Year Of Registration: 2006
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2006
Seedling Number: M65-5
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 36 inches (91 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid Late
Flower Form: Bubble Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Lavender
Violet
White
Bloom Color Description: White standards, shaded icy blue on opening; lavender falls, outpouring of light violet extending 2/3 of way down, hafts bronze
Beard Color: Gold, tipped bronze
Fragrance: Pronounced
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: H159-2: (E128-2: (Over the Blues x Sierra Grande) x Mastery) X Decadence

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Location: Keppel garden
Date: 2012-06-04
Location: keppel garden
Date: 2012-06-01
Location: Schreiners Gardens
Date: 2012-06-04

Date: 2014-05-21

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Date: 2014-05-21

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