Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Paul Cook
Year Of Registration: 1957
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1958
Seedling Number: 7854
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 38 inches (97 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Bloom Color Classification: Blue
Flower Patterns: Bitone
Bloom Color Description: Violet ultramarine standards; roslyn blue falls
Beard Color: Medium blue, tipped yellow
Awards: Honorable Mention: 1958
Award of Merit: 1960
Dykes Memorial Medal: 1964

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: Dark Boatman X sdlg 11752: ((Distance x blue sdlg.) x Pierre Menard)
Child plants: 87 child plants

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Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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Date: 2004-05-28
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Date: 2015-02-06
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Location: Sass Memorial Iris Garden near Ashland, NE
Date: 2015-05-21
Location: Sass Memorial Garden near Ashland, Nebraska
Date: 2010-05-21
Location: Catheys Valley CA
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Date: 2010-05-21
Location: Sass Memorial Garden near Ashland, NE
Date: 2010-05-21
Location: East Tennessee
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Date: Spring 2014
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