Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Fred DeForest
Year Of Registration: 1959
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1960
Seedling Number: 57-102
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 38 inches (97 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Bloom Color Classification: Gold
White
Bloom Color Description: White, bright gold haft
Awards: Honorable Mention: 1961
Award of Merit: 1965

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: (Frances Kent x Paradise Pink) X Hall 54-62
Child plants: 17 child plants

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Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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Location: Switzerland, Merian Gardens Basel
Date: 2017-05-20
Location: BC
Date: June 2014
Location: BC
Date: june 2014
Location: Real Jardín Botánico, Madrid.
Date: May
credit: A. Barra

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