Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Robert J. Graves
Year Of Registration: 1946
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1946
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Bloom Season: Mid
Bloom Color Classification: Light blue
Awards: Honorable Mention: 1950
Award of Merit: 1952

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: Helen McGregor X (Pale Moonlight x Great Lakes)
Child plants: 106 child plants

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Common names
  • Iris
  • Tall Bearded Iris

Photo Gallery
Location: Sussex, UK
Date: late May 2019
You can see why some consider this the best mid-blue available.
Location: Botanical Garden, Faculty of Scence, Zagreb, Croatia
Date: May 12, 2020
Iris BE 'Jane Phillips'
Location: My Garden, UK
Date: May 2021
Location: My Garden, Wickford, Essex, UK. 
Date: 2023-05-26
Location: Mississauga
Date: 2012-05-28
Location: Sussex, UK
Date: early June 2019
Less veining than some of the other images
Location: Sussex, UK
Date: Early June 2021
Location: Botanical Garden, Faculty of Scence, Zagreb, Croatia
Date: May 21, 2021
Iris BE 'Jane Phillips' (left) vs. 'Eleanor's Pride' (right)
Location: Sussex, UK
Date: early June 2019
Truer colour likeness than some of the other images.
Location: Botanical Garden, Faculty of Scence, Zagreb, Croatia
Date: 2021-05-22
Iris BE 'Jane Phillips'
Location: Botanical Garden, Faculty of Scence, Zagreb, Croatia
Date: May 20, 2020
Iris BE 'Jane Phillips', very thick rhizome and broad leaves
Location: My Garden, UK
Date: 2021-06-01
Comments:
  • Posted by jeffa (Chailey - UK, Melbourne - AU, Tauranga - NZ - Zone 9a) on Jun 11, 2019 3:07 AM concerning plant:
    Tall Bearded iris Jane Phillips does not seem to have a registered height - for the record, my mature plants all come in around 91cm.
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