Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Paul Cook
Year Of Registration: 1942
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1942
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Bloom Season: Mid
Mid Late
Late
Awards: Honorable Mention: 1942
Award of Merit: 1944

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: Fancy Free X Sandia
Child plants: 12 child plants

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Common names
  • Iris
  • Tall Bearded Iris

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Date: c. 1949
illustration from the 1949 catalog, Cooley's Gardens, Silverton,

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