Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Elvan Roderick
Year Of Registration: 1989
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1990
Seedling Number: 8502
Classification: Border Bearded (BB)
Registered Height: 26 inches (69 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Bloom Color Classification: White
Yellow
Flower Patterns: Debby Rairdon
Bloom Color Description: Medium yellow standards; white falls, edged medium yellow
Beard Color: Yellow
Awards: Honorable Mention: 1998

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 8b
Flowers: Showy
Underground structures: Rhizome
Propagation: Seeds: Will not come true from seed
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Ploidy: Tetraploid
Parentage: Parentage unknown
Child plants: 4 child plants

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Common names
  • Border Bearded Iris
  • Iris

Photo Gallery
Location: My garden
Date: 2019-05-19
Second year bloom. (After a rain.)
Location: My garden
Date: May 15, 2021 12:14 PM
Faithful blooming BB.
Location: My garden
Date: 2019-05-19
After the rain.
Location: My garden
Date: 2021-05-16
Location: My garden
Date: 2021-05-22

Date: 2013 season

Photo courtesy of Blue J Iris. Used with permission.

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