Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Giridlian
Year Of Registration: 1937
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1937
Classification: Interspecies Hybrids---Species X
Bloom Color Classification: White
Awards: Honorable Mention: 1939
Award of Merit: 1941

General Plant Information (Edit)
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Partial Shade to Full Shade
Leaves: Evergreen
Flowers: Showy
Underground structures: Rhizome
Parentage: I. japonica X I. wattii
Child plants: 2 child plants

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Common names
  • Species X Iris
  • Evansia Iris
  • Iris
  • Crested Iris

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Location: San Diego, CA
Date: 2022-03-06
taken at a local nursery just before purchasing
Location: Saratoga, CA
Date: 2017-03-23
Location: Saratoga, CA
Date: 2017-03-19 circa 6:22 pm
This plant is growing in substantial shade; the image was taken v
Location: San Diego, CA
Date: 2022-03-06
close-up showing crests and frilly style arms
Location: Charleston, SC
Date: 2022-03-10
my first spring with this species cross (obtained last summer)—
Location: Charleston, SC
Date: 2022-03-09
One of the first 2 blooms, which don't last very long, but almost
Location: Charleston, SC
Date: 2022-03-18
Location: Charleston, SC
Date: 2022-03-18
Location: Charleston, SC
Date: 2022-03-10
Location: Charleston, SC
Date: 2022-03-10

Photo Courtesy of Secret Garden Growers.
  • Uploaded by Joy

Photo Courtesy of Secret Garden Growers.
  • Uploaded by Joy
Location: Backyard.  Plant located along fence in mostly shade.  
Date: March

Date: c. 1938
photo by J. N. Giridlian from the 1938 'Bulletin of the American

Date: c. 1938
photo by J. N. Giridlian from the 1938 'Bulletin of the American

Date: c. 1939
photo from the 1939 catalog, Oakhurst Gardens, Arcadia, Californi
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