Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Thomas Ware
Year Of Registration: 1830
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1830
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Bloom Season: Mid
Bloom Color Classification: Violet
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

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Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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Location: Santa Cruz Mountains, California
Date: 2022-04-14
Location: my Zone 7b garden in North Georgia Mountains
Date: 2023-05-14
Plant from Old House Gardens
Uploaded by MargieNY

Photo courtesy of Old House Gardens
Location: Charleston, SC
Date: c. 1915
photo from the 1915 catalog, Bertrand Farr, Wyomissing, Pennsylva
Location: Paris, France
Date: 2016-05-17
Location: Catheys Valley CA
Photo courtesy of Superstition Iris Gardens, posted with permissi
Uploaded by MargieNY
Location: Paris, France
Date: 2016-05-17
Location: Santa Cruz Mountains, California
Date: 2014-05-04

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