Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Grinter
Year Of Registration: 1933
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1933
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 40 inches (102 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Bloom Color Classification: Violet
Flower Patterns: Self
Awards: Honorable Mention: 1933
Award of Merit: 1935
Dykes Memorial Medal: 1937

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: Blue Ribbon X Sensation
Child plants: 42 child plants

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Uploaded by crowrita1

(Grinter) 1937 Dykes medal winner
Location: Sass Memorial Garden near Ashland, NE
Date: 2012-05-04
Location: Michigan-my garden
Date: 2018-06-06

Date: c. 1937
illustration from the 1937 catalog, Quality Gardens, Freeport, Il

Date: c. 1945
illustration from the 1945 catalog, Cooley's Gardens, Silverton,
Uploaded by avmoran

Date: c. 1937
photo from the 1937 catalog, Maple Valley Iris Gardens, Mapleton,
Location: Sass Memorial Garden near Ashland, Nebraska
Date: 2012-05-04
Location: In a public garden
Date: 2013-05-04

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