Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: P. A. Loomis
Year Of Registration: 1942
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1942
Classification: Arilbred
Registered Height: 36 inches
Bloom Color Classification: Magenta
Flower Patterns: Self
Bloom Color Description: Medium red purple
Beard Color: Yellow
Awards: Honorable Mention: 1942
Award of Merit: 1944
Dykes Memorial Medal: 1945

General Plant Information (Edit)
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Flowers: Showy
Underground structures: Rhizome
Propagation: Seeds: Will not come true from seed
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Parentage: William Mohr X red seedling
Child plants: 45 child plants

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  • Arilbred Iris
  • Iris

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Location: Schreiner's Gardens near Salem, OR
Date: 2015-05-14
Location: north central Texas
Date: 2003-06-01
Location: California
Date: 2023-05-30
Taken at 10:30 a.m. This is the third day that this bloom has bee

Date: c. 1950
illustration from the 1950 catalog, Cooley's Gardens, Silverton,
Location: Schreiner's Gardens near Salem, OR
Date: 2015-05-14

Date: c. 1949
illustration from the 1949 catalog, Cooley's Gardens, Silverton,
Location: Catheys Valley California
Photo courtesy of Superstition Iris Gardens, posted with permissi
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Photo courtesy of Bluebird Haven Iris Garden

Photo courtesy of Blue J Iris Used with permission.
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