Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Gordon & Lorraine Nicholson
Year Of Registration: 2005
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2005
Seedling Number: 3
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 34 inches (86 cm)
Bloom Season: Early Mid
Flower Form: Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Light blue
White
Flower Patterns: Amoena
Bloom Color Description: Bluish white standards; rusty brown falls, white rim, purple line at tip of beard, white spray pattern on both sides of beards
Beard Color: Yellow
Style Arm Color: Bluish white
Fragrance: Slight
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: Foxy Lady X Flamenco

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Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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Location: Weiser, ID
Date: Spring 2017
Ross Road Iris
Location: My garden in Alabaster, AL
Date: 2024-04-10

Photo courtesy of Rainbow Iris Farm

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