Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Ferdinand Cayeux
Year Of Registration: 1938
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1938
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Bloom Season: Mid
Bloom Color Classification: Wine
Flower Patterns: Bitone
Awards: Award of Merit: 1940

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
Child plants: 2 child plants

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Common names
  • Iris
  • Tall Bearded Iris

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Location: Back yard
Date: 2017-05-30
Location: Back yard
Date: 2017-05-30
Uploaded by IrisP
Location: Santa Clara, CA
Date: 2017-04-15
Location: Back yard
Date: 2016-05-09
Location: Back yard
Date: 2016-05-16
Location: Poilly-Lez-Gien France
"Photo courtesy of Cayeux Iris. Used with permission."

Photo courtesy of Bluebird Haven Iris Garden
Location: Southeast Nebraska
Date: 2014-05-26
Taken in my garden, May 2014
Location: Back yard
Date: 2016-05-09
Location: Poilly-Lez-Gien France
"Photo courtesy of Cayeux Iris. Used with permission."

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