Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Errey
Year Of Registration: 1958
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 36 inches (91 cm)
Bloom Season: Early
Bloom Color Classification: Blue
White
Flower Patterns: Plicata
Bloom Color Description: White dotted and shaded blue

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: Blue Shimmer X Minnie Colquitt

Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

Plant Events from our members
Australis On November 4, 2022 Potted up
Potted up pending rearranging of front garden.
Australis On November 3, 2022 Obtained plant
Purchased from Ferndale Iris & Daylily Nursery.
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