Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Arthur Bliss
Year Of Registration: 1924
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1924
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Bloom Season: Early
Bloom Color Classification: Violet
Flower Patterns: Bitone

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: Pacquita X (Cordelia x Palidin?)
Child plants: 13 child plants

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Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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Uploaded by DaveinPA
Location: Zone 6a, Pennsylvania
Date: 2015-05-09
Uploaded by crowrita1
Location: Whitesboro, TX
Date: 2017-05-23
Image courtesy of The Shady Spot Iris. All rights reserved.

Date: c. 1928
photo from the 1928 catalog, Lee R. Bonnewitz, Van Wert, Ohio
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