Common names:
Tall Bearded Iris
Iris

Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Classification:Dutch, Spanish and English
Bloom Season:Rebloom
Bloom Color Classification:Violet
Flower Patterns:Self
Awards:Fred and Barbara Walther Cup: 1952

General Plant Information (Edit)
Life cycle:Annual
Sun Requirements:Full Sun
Soil pH Preferences:Strongly acid (5.1 – 5.5)
Moderately acid (5.6 – 6.0)
Minimum cold hardiness:Zone 8b -9.4 °C (15 °F) to -6.7 °C (20 °F)
Maximum recommended zone:Zone 10b
Flowers:Malodorous
Underground structures:Corm
Propagation: Seeds:Other info
Propagation: Other methods:Cuttings: Root
Conservation status:Critically Endangered (CR)

photo from the 1954 catalog, Milliken Gardens, Arcadia, Californi

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