Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Thomas Johnson
Year Of Registration: 2006
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2006
Seedling Number: T178B
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 41 inches (104 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid Late
Flower Form: Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: White
Flower Patterns: Self
Bloom Color Description: Milk white, standards touched gold at base, slight gold haft veining deep in heart of falls
Beard Color: Yellow orange
Fragrance: 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: Fundamental X Fjord
Child plants: 7 child plants

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Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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Date: 2020-05-11
Location: in my garden, Switzerland
Date: 2019-06-07
Location: in my garden, Switzerland
Date: 2019-06-07
First year blooming - 1 rhizome planted 2018!
Location: Tamberg garden, Berlin, Germany
Date: 2022-05-28
Location: Tamberg garden, Berlin, Germany
Date: 2022-05-28
Location: back garden, Zone 6b
Date: June 2020
Location: back garden, Zone 6b
Date: June 2020

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