Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: John Salter
Year Of Registration: introduced prior to registration system
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): before 1859
Classification: Intermediate Bearded (IB)
Bloom Season: Mid Late
Bloom Color Classification: Gold
Wine
Flower Patterns: Variegata
Foliage: Purple Based

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 8b
Flowers: Showy
Underground structures: Rhizome
Propagation: Seeds: Will not come true from seed
Propagation: Other methods: Division

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Common names
  • Iris
  • Intermediate Bearded Iris

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Uploaded by touchofsky

Date: 2014-06-07
Mature blossom
Location: Chino Valley Arizona
Date: 2020-05-19
Uploaded by crowrita1
Location: Back yard
Date: 2017-05-29
Location: Jacquie’s garden
Date: June 2017
If I could only have one iris Gypsy Queen is the one I’d choose
Location: Catheys Valley CA
Photo courtesy of Superstition Iris Gardens, posted with permissi
Uploaded by MargieNY
Uploaded by avmoran
Location: Chino Valley Arizona
Date: 2020-05-18
Location: Back yard
Date: 2017-05-29

Date: 2014-05-19
Location: My Garden, Ontario, Canada
Date: 2017-06-23
An historic iris that is as beautiful as any of the newer cultiva
Location: north bed
Date: 2019-05-30
2 years since last seen
Location: north bed
Date: 2019-05-30
2 years since last seen
Uploaded by touchofsky
Location: Jacquie’s garden
Date: June 2017
I love Gypsy Queen!
Location: Jacquie’s garden
Date: June 2017
Location: My Garden, Ontario, Canada
Date: 2016-06-25
Int. Bearded Iris 'Gypsy Queen', Geranium 'Elke' and Nepeta 'Walk
Uploaded by crowrita1
Uploaded by crowrita1
Uploaded by MargieNY
Location: my garden in Frederick, MD
Date: 2012-05-16
Location: West Valley City, UT
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