Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Arthur Bliss
Year Of Registration: 1922
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1922
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Bloom Season: Mid Late
Bloom Color Classification: Wine
Flower Patterns: Bitone

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
Parentage: Dominion x unknown
Child plants: 142 child plants

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Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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Location: Switzerland, in my garden
Date: 2017-05-25
Location: Northern Germany
Date: 2008-06-01
SANYO DIGITAL CAMERA

Date: c. 1931
photo from the 1931 catalog, Weeds Gardens, Beaverton, Oregon

Date: c. 1935
photo detail ['Bruno' is bottom left] from the 1935 catalog, Robe

Date: c. 1930
photo from the 1930 catalog, Robert Wayman, Bayside, NY

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