Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: John Steel by Roger Nelson
Year Of Registration: 1999
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1959
Classification: Border Bearded (BB)
Registered Height: 22 inches (56 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Flower Form: Flat
Bloom Color Classification: Violet
White
Flower Patterns: Plicata
Bloom Color Description: White, neatly marked fine medium violet plicata edge
Beard Color: Medium yellow

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: one child plant

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Common names
  • Border Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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Location: Durham, NC
Date: 2018-05-03
Location: Sacramento, CA
Date: 2021-04-04
Location: SE Michigan
Date: 2019-06-06
FFO (possibly FFOE?!)
Location: Santa Clara, CA
Date: 2018-04-08
Location: SE Michigan
Date: 2019-06-06
FFO (possibly FFOE?!)
Location: Lancaster, CA
Date: 2018-05-06
Location: Whitesboro, TX
Date: 2017-05-23
Image courtesy of The Shady Spot Iris. All rights reserved.
Location: Santa Clara, CA
Date: 2017-04-16

Photo courtesy of Blue J Iris. Used with permission.
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Photo courtesy of Blue J Iris. Used with permission.
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Location: Catheys Valley CA
Photo courtesy of Superstition Iris Gardens, posted with permissi

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Photo courtesy of Bluebird Haven Iris Garden

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