Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Chadburn
Year Of Registration: 1934
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1934
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Bloom Season: Early
Bloom Color Classification: Gold
Flower Patterns: Self
Awards: Award of Merit: 1937
Other: Silver Medal; British Dykes Medal: 1934; Award of Merit, RHS: 1936; Silver Gilt Medal at Chelsea and FCC, RHS: 1939

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: Gold Imperial X W. R. Dykes
Child plants: 79 child plants

Common names
  • Iris
  • Tall Bearded Iris

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