Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: John Weiler
Year Of Registration: 1993
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1993
Seedling Number: 86-118-1RE
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 34 inches (86 cm)
Bloom Season: Early Mid
Rebloom
Rebloom by Zone: Known To Rebloom Zone 6:-10° to 0°
Bloom Color Classification: Orchid
White
Flower Patterns: Plicata
Bloom Color Description: White standards shot, stippled and edged rosy lavender; white falls, edged rosy lavender
Beard Color: Pale yellow
Foliage: Purple Based
Fragrance: Slight
Sweet
Awards: Honorable Mention: 1997

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: Lilac Stitchery X Earl of Essex
Child plants: one child plant

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Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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Location: Philo, California
Date: 2018-10-17
Location: Philo, California
Date: 2023-10-25 -  Late
Uploaded by cashe56
Location: Lincoln NE zone 5
Date: 2017-10-09
Blooming Oct 9 in zone 5.
Location: Santa Cruz Mountains, California
Date: 2013-11-20
Late Autumn bloom
Location: Mexico, Missouri 
Date: 2022-05-12
Location: Panama Illinois
Date: 2021-05-08
Autumn Tryst Bloom
Location: In my garden, Lansing, IA
Date: 2023-05-22
Location: Sussex, UK
Date: late May 2021
Location: Yorkville, IL
Date: 2020-06-01

photo by:  .David J. Stang

Date: 2021-05-10
Autumn Tryst
Location: Whitesboro, TX
Image courtesy of The Shady Spot Iris. All rights reserved.
Uploaded by Misawa77
Location: Sass Memorial Iris Garden near Ashland, NE
Date: 2015-05-21
Location: Sussex, UK
Date: late May 2021
Location: Sass Memorial Garden near Ashland, Nebraska
Date: 2013-05-23

Date: 2021-05-22

Photo courtesy of Williamson Farm Flowers
Location: Sussex, UK
Date: Early June 2021

Photo Courtesy of Te Sligte Gardens. Used with Permission
  • Uploaded by Joy

Photo courtesy of Blue J Iris Used with permission.
Location: Missouri
Date: 2010-05-14

Date: 2015-02-11

Date: 2015-02-11
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gardenglassgems On August 24, 2022 Transplanted
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Potted into small pots to be relocated.
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