Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Jack Ames
Year Of Registration: 1988
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1991
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 36-38 inches (91-97 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Bloom Color Classification: Green
Flower Patterns: Bitone
Bloom Color Description: Olive green standards, darker and lightly fringed edge; bistre green falls
Beard Color: Buckthorn brown

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: Study in Black X apricot sdlg
Child plants: one child plant

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Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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Uploaded by GreenIris
Location: Las Cruces, NM
Date: 2018-05-01
TB Iris Evergreen Hideaway
Location: Lucketts, Loudoun County, Virginia
Date: 2008-05-23
Location: north central Texas
Date: 2003-04-27

Photo courtesy of Blue J Iris. Used with permission.
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