Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Georgia Hinkle
Year Of Registration: 1961
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1962
Seedling Number: N-23-l
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Bloom Season: Mid
Bloom Color Classification: Light blue
Violet
Bloom Color Description: Flax blue, violet flush on falls
Beard Color: Bluish white
Awards: Honorable Mention: 1963

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
Ploidy: Tetraploid
Parentage: (Regina Maria x Good Manners) X (White Bouquet x (Hinkle E-27-1: (Cahokia sdlg x First Affection) x Hinkle E-29-1: (New Snow sdlg x Faught 19H)))
Child plants: 18 child plants

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Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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Location: Finksburg, MD. My garden
Date: 2019-05-21
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