Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Schreiner
Year Of Registration: 1996
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1996
Seedling Number: DD 975-1
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 36 inches (91 cm)
Bloom Season: Early
Early Mid
Mid
Mid Late
Late
Flower Form: Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Purple
White
Flower Patterns: Plicata
Bloom Color Description: White falls with 1" violet blue edge; white falls with 1/2" violet blue plicata edging
Beard Color: Light blue white, hairs tipped yellow
Style Arm Color: Violet blue
Awards: Honorable Mention: 1998
Award of Merit: 2001

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
Ploidy: Tetraploid
Parentage: Y 491-1: (Lorilee x Raspberry Frills) X T 405-2: (Titan's Glory x K290-A: ((Rococo x Belray) x Navy Strut))
Child plants: 25 child plants

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Common names
  • Iris
  • Tall Bearded Iris

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Location: www.dasIrisFeld.ch in Oetlishausen, Switzerland - photo by Sharlene Sutter
Date: 2021-06-03
Location: My yard in SE Nebraska
Date: 2008-05-28
Location: In my garden. Poland.
Location: Cisco, Tx 
Date: 2019-04-20
Location: Washington 8b
Date: 2019-05-22

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Photo by Patty
Location: In my garden. Poland.
Location: My garden in southeast Nebraska
Date: 2010-05-21
Location: My garden in southeast Nebraska
Date: 2010-05-21

Date: 2003-05-19
Photo courtesy of Napa Country Iris Garden

Photo courtesy of Blue J Iris Used with permission.
Location: Chapin, SC
Date: 2018-04-28
Comments:
  • Posted by KentPfeiffer (Southeast Nebraska - Zone 5b) on Feb 25, 2012 7:25 PM concerning plant:
    Nice, traditional looking, plicata. It's a bit of a slow grower.

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