The bloom of this Iris is so beautiful! I would find myself just standing and staring at it for long periods of time. It is a light blu...Read Moree. No purple tint that I could see. In the early morning light, for me the blooms are so light, they appear white. The blooms were huge. The form was as gorgeous as the flower. Of course that is an "in the eye of the beholder" point of view. It reminded me a lot of Sky and Sun but with lighter beards and a lighter blue bloom color.
Last year (2009) Navajo Jewel bloomed when it was hotter and did not have any blue color at all. It looked like a white iris. I thought t...Read Morehey had sent me the wrong iris. I was very disappointed, but this year it bloomed when it was cooler here and it had a very light blue hue to it. This was the reason I bought it. I was very please and so was my husband.
Burlingame, CA (Zone 10a) | August 2008 | positive
In my San Fran Bay Area garden, Navajo Jewel's bloom color is such a delicate, pale blue (not turquoise) that it's silvery; in certain li...Read Moreght, appears almost white. Multiplies well. In '08, re-bloomed in August.
I found that giving Navajo Jewel some shade will allow the pale blue color to show more. Some rhizomes have purple at the base of the leaves.
The bloom of this Iris is so beautiful! I would find myself just standing and staring at it for long periods of time. It is a light blu...Read More
Last year (2009) Navajo Jewel bloomed when it was hotter and did not have any blue color at all. It looked like a white iris. I thought t...Read More
In my San Fran Bay Area garden, Navajo Jewel's bloom color is such a delicate, pale blue (not turquoise) that it's silvery; in certain li...Read More
Awards: Honorable Mention 1986; Award of Merit 1990