Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Randall
Year Of Registration: 1952
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1952
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 33 inches (84 cm)
Bloom Season: Late
Bloom Color Classification: Violet
Flower Patterns: Neglecta
Bloom Color Description: Lavender blue and dark purplish blue
Beard Color: Golden

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: Helen Collingwood X Lothario

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Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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Location: RHS Wisley, Surrey, UK. 
Date: 2023-06-03
Location: Chailey Iris Garden, East Sussex, UK.
Date: 2022-06-11
Location: Sussex, UK
Date: late May 2020
Location: Mottisfont Abbey Garden, UK
Date: 2014-06-05
Location: Mottisfont Abbey Garden, UK
Date: 2014-06-05
Location: Real Jardín Botánico, Madrid.
Date: May
credit: A. Barra
Location: Mottisfont Abbey Garden, UK
Date: 2014-06-05

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