Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: S. Moldovan
Year Of Registration: 1969
Seedling Number: 68-65
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 35 inches (89 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid Late
Bloom Color Classification: Cream
Light blue
Yellow
Flower Patterns: Blend
Bloom Color Description: Light blue standards flushed cream; cream pink falls flushed yellow, smooth tan hafts
Beard Color: Tangerine

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: 66-19D: ((Fay 62-14: (Fay 59-32 x Morning Breeze) x 63-1: (New Arrival x One Desire)) X 66-1H: (63-47: ((61-6: (57-4: ((Fay 51-40: (New Snow x Cherie) x pink sdlg.) x May Hall) x Whole Cloth) x 61-10: ((((Fay 51-40: (New Snow x Cherie) x pink sdlg.) x May Hall) x self)) x 6343: (61-10 x 61-6))

Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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