Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Leroy Meininger
Year Of Registration: not registered
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Flower Form: Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: White
Flower Patterns: Self
Bloom Color Description: White
Beard Color: White, 1-1/2" lavender horns, big flounces
Space Age Beard Appendages: Horns
Flounces

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: Parentage unknown
Child plants: 7 child plants

Image
Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

Photo Gallery
Location: Saratoga, CA
Date: 2017-04-28
image taken at 3:04 PM, in part shade
Location: Saratoga, CA
Date: 2021-04-29
Interior of the bloom; notice the lavender-orchid color on the in
Location: Saratoga, CA
Date: 2021-04-29
Notice the orchid/lavender coloration underneath the right spoon;
Location: My garden
Date: 2018-05-29
Location: My garden
Date: 2018-05-31
Location: My garden
Date: 2018-05-29

Photo courtesy of Blue J Iris. Used with permission.
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Photo courtesy of Blue J Iris. Used with permission.

Photo courtesy of Blue J Iris. Used with permission.

Photo courtesy of Blue J Iris. Used with permission.

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