Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Lloyd Zurbrigg
Year Of Registration: 1978
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1978
Seedling Number: H44Topless
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 34 inches (89 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Bloom Color Classification: Violet
White
Bloom Color Description: White, violet markings on falls forming a nearly solid border, central violet line extending from tip of falls almost to beards
Beard Color: White, tipped orange in throat

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: 68-18-WS: (Fuji's Mantle x R. Smith E5AR: (((Echo Valley x Joseph's Mantle) x (Gibson Girl x Can-Can)) x Memphis Lass)) X Jolly Goliath
Child plants: 2 child plants

Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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