Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Ferdinand Cayeux
Year Of Registration: 1936
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1936
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Bloom Season: Mid
Bloom Color Classification: Wine
Flower Patterns: Bitone
Awards: Award of Merit: 1939

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
Parentage: (Fetiche x Roi Soleil) X (Iceberg x Evolution)
Child plants: 9 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: California
Date: May 2022
Location: Wiesbaden - Germany
Date: 2014-05-08
Location: Wiesbaden - Germany
Date: 2014-05-08
Location: IN MY GARDEN (920 m in the northern alps)
Location: California
Date: May 2022
Location: My garden
Date: 2020-05-03
Location: Michigan-my garden
Date: June 2022
Location: Wiesbaden - Germany
Date: 2014-05-01
Location: My garden
Date: May 2012
Louvois TB
Location: Northern Germany
Date: 4000-02-03
Location: My garden
Date: May 2013
Louvois TB 2
Location: Whitesboro, TX
Image courtesy of The Shady Spot Iris. All rights reserved.

Photo courtesy of Bluebird Haven Iris Garden

Date: c. 1948
illustration from the 1948 catalog, Cooley's Gardens, Silverton,

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