Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Kenneth and Catherine Smith
Year Of Registration: 1966
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1968
Seedling Number: 64-36
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 30 inches (76 cm)
Bloom Season: Early
Early Mid
Mid
Mid Late
Late
Bloom Color Classification: Cream
Wine
Flower Patterns: Bicolor
Bloom Color Description: Ivory yellow standards; carmine and oxblood red falls, ivory border
Awards: Honorable Mention: 1970

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: Grosvenor X Paradox
Child plants: one child plant

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Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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Location: Las Cruces, NM
Date: 2020-04-22
TB Iris Repartee
Location: Cottonwood, CA
Date: 2020-04-16

Date: 2012-10-05
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Uploaded by MargieNY

Photo courtesy of Blue J Iris. Used with permission.
Uploaded by MargieNY
Uploaded by Misawa77
Location: Las Cruces, NM
Date: 1980-01-01
Iris Repartee
Location: Michigan-my garden
Date: 2018-05-30
Location: Weiser, ID
Date: 2015 season

Photo courtesy of Blue J Iris. Used with permission.
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