Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Grace Sturtevant
Year Of Registration: 1930
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1930
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Bloom Season: Mid
Bloom Color Classification: Copper/Brown
Wine
Foliage: Purple Based
Fragrance: Spicy

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
Fragrant
Underground structures: Rhizome
Propagation: Seeds: Will not come true from seed
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Child plants: 3 child plants

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Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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Location: my garden, Utah
Date: 2018-05-17
Uploaded by dirtdorphins
Location: Garden that used to be my lawn
Date: 2017-05-14
Location: Chino Valley Arizona
Date: 2022-05-04
Uploaded by evermorelawnless
Location: my garden, UT
Date: 2017-05-14
Location: my garden, UT
Date: 2017-05-13
Location: Chino Valley Arizona
Date: 2022-05-04
Location: Santa Cruz Mountains, California
Date: 2019-05-13
Vishnu (Sturdevent 1930)
Location: my garden, UT
Date: 2017-05-13
Location: Durham, NC
Date: 2018-05-09
In full late afternoon sun.
Location: Durham, NC
Date: 2017-04-22
In late day sun.
Location: Two Litle Acres Concord Mi
Date: 2019-06-11
Location: Salem Oregon
Date: 2023-05-18
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Uploaded by AlanJ
Location: Catheys Valley CA
Photo courtesy of Superstition Iris Gardens, posted with permissi
Location: Chino Valley Arizona
Date: 2021-05-04

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