Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Gordon Plough
Year Of Registration: 1968
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1969
Seedling Number: 63-43-86
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 36 inches (91 cm)
Bloom Season: Early
Early Mid
Mid
Mid Late
Late
Bloom Color Classification: Orchid
Yellow
Flower Patterns: Blend
Bloom Color Description: Phlox pink standards; light phlox pink falls blending to clean buttercup yellow
Beard Color: Saturn red
Awards: Honorable Mention: 1970

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: Rippling Waters X 59-41-22: (Cloud Dancer x Whir of Lace)
Child plants: 19 child plants

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Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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Location: Nora's Garden - Castlegar, B.C.
Date: 2017-06-06
 - A fully evolved stalk of Beaux Arts is a thing of Beauty.
Location: Nora's Garden - Castlegar, B.C.
Date: 2017-06-07
 7:18 pm. Softer tones at the end of a few sunny days.
Location: Santa Cruz Mountains, California
Date: 2016-04-27
Location: Nora's Garden - Castlegar, B.C.
Date: 2017-06-05
 1:35 pm. A very ruffled beauty.
Location: My garden in SE PA
Date: 2014-05-24
Location: Santa Cruz Mountains, California
Date: 2019-05-08
Location: Nora's Garden - Castlegar, B.C.
Date: 2017-06-05
 1:35 pm. A froth of lace at the top.
Location: Cisco, Tx 
Date: 2020-04-28
Location: Northern Germany
Date: 2007-05-23
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Date: 2015-03-11
Photo courtesy of Bluebird Haven Iris Garden

Photo courtesy of Blue J Iris Used with permission.

Photo courtesy of Blue J Iris Used with permission.

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