Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Lowell Harder
Year Of Registration: 1974
Seedling Number: 6823-2
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 40 inches (102 cm)
Bloom Season: Early Mid
Bloom Color Description: Cream white, considerable gold at hafts and base, narrow gold band around edges
Beard Color: Gold

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: 6406-2: (((Snow Flurry x Sylvia Murray) x Frost and Flame) x Frost and Flame) X 6528-1: ((((New Snow x Cherie) x Lemon Meringue) x Rainbow Gold) x Christmas Angel)

Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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