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Hybridizer: Paul Black
Year Of Registration: 2007
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2007
Seedling Number: K146A
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 44 inches (118 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid Late
Flower Form: Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Blue
Light blue
Flower Patterns: Blend
Bloom Color Description: Medium blue standards; blue white falls with center 2/3 medium blue, paler toward margins, darker at haft, white rays or veins radiating from beard
Beard Color: Blue white, tipped medium light gold
Style Arm Color: Medium dark blue
Fragrance: Slight
Spicy
Awards: Honorable Mention: 2009
Award of Merit: 2011
John C. Wister Medal: 2015

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: Walking on Air X C18C: (Honky Tonk Blues x Deep Dark Secret)
Child plants: 7 child plants

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Common names
  • Iris
  • Tall Bearded Iris

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Date: 2020-05-01
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Date: 2018-05-14
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Date: 2017-05-07
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Date: May 2015
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Location: My garden in southeast Nebraska
Date: 2011-05-27
Location: My garden in southeast Nebraska
Date: 2012-05-06
Location: My garden in southeast Nebraska
Date: 2012-05-01
Location: Taken at a local iris show
Date: 2013-05-04
Location: Central Texas 76844
Date: April 2011
Location: Winterberry Iris Gardens, Cross Junction, VA
Date: May 27, 2016
Money In Your Pocket
Location: Catheys Valley California
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Photo courtesy of Stout Gardens
Location: Mid-America Gardens, Salem, Oregon
Date: 2016-05-05
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