Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Katherine Dykes
Year Of Registration: 1931
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1930
Seedling Number: 8A 454
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Bloom Season: Early Mid
Mid
Bloom Color Classification: Gold
White
Fragrance: Absent
Awards: Award of Merit: 1936

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
Child plants: 125 child plants

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Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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Location: Nora's Garden - Castlegar, B.C.
Date: 2014-05-29
 6:24 pm. A lovely Heritage White Iris.
Location: Nora's Garden - Castlegar, B.C.
Date: 2015-05-26
 2:11 pm. A majestic looking Iris.
Location: springfield MO
Date: 2018-05-08
Location: Southeast Nebraska
Date: 2014-05-24

Date: 2014-05-20
beard

Date: c. 1948
illustration from the 1948 catalog, Cooley's Gardens, Silverton,
Location: Zone 6a, Pennsylvania
Date: 2014-05-19
Location: Paris, France
Date: 2016-05-17
Location: Paris, France
Date: 2016-05-17
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