Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Joseph Gatty
Year Of Registration: 1967
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1967
Seedling Number: 63-1
Classification: Border Bearded (BB)
Registered Height: 27 inches (69 cm)
Bloom Season: Late
Bloom Color Classification: White
Yellow
Flower Patterns: Reverse Amoena
Bloom Color Description: Dresden yellow standards; white falls
Beard Color: Yellow

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 8b
Flowers: Showy
Underground structures: Rhizome
Propagation: Seeds: Will not come true from seed
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Ploidy: Tetraploid
Parentage: 57-1: (Snow Flurry x Elmohr) X Phoebus Apollo

Common names
  • Border Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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