Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: George Hilton
Year Of Registration: 2005
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2006
Seedling Number: HIL00-1-1
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 39 inches (99 cm)
Bloom Season: Early
Early Mid
Mid
Mid Late
Late
Flower Form: Ruffled
Flared
Bloom Color Classification: Silver/Grey
Flower Patterns: Self
Bloom Color Description: Very pale silvery blue white, falls veined fine pale green
Beard Color: Yellow, pale blue tipped yellow at end
Fragrance: Pronounced
Sweet

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
Fragrant
Underground structures: Rhizome
Propagation: Seeds: Will not come true from seed
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Ploidy: Tetraploid
Parentage: Song of Norway X Silverado

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Location: My garden in southeast Nebraska
Date: 2013-05-28
Location: Catheys Valley CA
Photo courtesy of Superstition Iris Gardens, posted with permissi
Location: My garden in southeast Nebraska
Date: 2012-05-06
Location: Wilhoit, AZ
Date: 2023
Location: My garden in southeast Nebraska
Date: 2012-05-06
Location: My garden in southeast Nebraska
Date: 2012-05-06
Location: My garden in southeast Nebraska
Date: 2012-05-06
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