Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Rudolph Kleinsorge
Year Of Registration: 1944
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1944
Seedling Number: 339
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 40 inches
Bloom Season: Late
Bloom Color Classification: Tan
Yellow
Flower Patterns: Blend
Awards: Honorable Mention: 1945
Award of Merit: 1947

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
Underground structures: Rhizome
Propagation: Seeds: Will not come true from seed
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Parentage: Mexico X Goldbeater
Child plants: 106 child plants

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Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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Location: California
Date: May 2021
Location: Southeast Nebraska
Date: 2014-05-25
Taken in my garden, May 2014
Location: Cisco, Tx 
Date: 2021-05-05

Image from 1952 Tom Craig catalog

Date: c. 1950
illustration from the 1950 catalog, Cooley's Gardens, Silverton,

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