Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Michael Sutton
Year Of Registration: 2006
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2007
Seedling Number: Q-256-A
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 37 inches (94 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Mid Late
Late
Very Late
Rebloom
Bloom Color Classification: Violet
White
Flower Patterns: Emma Cook
Bloom Color Description: White standards flushed yellow at base; violet blue falls, white starburst and red purple rim and shoulders, white edge, yellow throat
Beard Color: Yellow
Style Arm Color: White, veined yellow
Fragrance: Slight
Musky

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: Starship Enterprise X Grand Circle
Child plants: 14 child plants

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Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

Photo Gallery
Location: Photo by Carol Bacskai; zone 5b, Yorkville, IL
Date: 2022-05-31
Location: Russia, Krasnodar region, Novokubansk
Date: 2022-05-27
Location: Photo by Carol Bacskai; zone 5b, Yorkville, IL
Date: 2021-05-27
Location: Photo by Carol Bacskai; zone 5b, Yorkville, IL
Date: 2023-05-28
Location: Russia, Krasnodar region, Novokubansk
Date: 2022-05-30
Location: Yorkville, IL
Date: 2020-05-25

Photo courtesy of Sutton's Iris Gardens
Location: Yorkville, IL
Date: 2020-05-27
Location: Yorkville, IL
Date: 2020-05-28
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gardenglassgems On January 9, 2023 Transplanted
Transplanted from pot to Vegetable Raised Bed 7 and also overwintered one pot in garage 2022/2023.
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