Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: E. B. Williamson
Year Of Registration: 1933
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1934
Seedling Number: 1516
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Bloom Season: Mid
Foliage: Purple Based

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: (Hesperis x Dominion) X unknown
Child plants: 8 child plants

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Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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Location: Zone 6a, Pennsylvania
Date: 2018-05-20
First season's bloom
Comments:
  • Posted by DaveinPA (South central PA - Zone 6a) on May 22, 2016 9:10 AM concerning plant:
    Per the Iris Checklist, 1939, this iris is a red or deep pink self. It has been sold by at least one seller as a very nice bicolor. Currently it has no sellers in N.A. The "real one" came to me from Europe in 2015. One AIS wiki picture is from Switzerland; other is from my garden.

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