Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: John Weiler
Year Of Registration: 1982
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1983
Seedling Number: 74-54
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 30 inches (76 cm)
Bloom Season: Early
Early Mid
Mid
Bloom Color Classification: Blue
White
Flower Patterns: Plicata
Bloom Color Description: White, suffused deep blue and veined white
Beard Color: Creamy white
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: 71-10-2: (67-4-2: (63-47-3: ((Snow Flurry x ((Theodolinda x Minnie Colquitt) x Blue Shimmer)) x Dotted Swiss) x Rococo) x Shipshape) X Deep Throat
Child plants: one child plant

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  • Tall Bearded Iris
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