Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Merton Gage
Year Of Registration: 1935
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1935
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Bloom Season: Mid
Bloom Color Classification: Wine
Flower Patterns: Bitone
Awards: Honorable Mention: 1934
Award of Merit: 1936
Dykes Memorial Medal: 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
Fragrant
Underground structures: Rhizome
Propagation: Seeds: Will not come true from seed
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Parentage: Dauntless X mixed pollen
Child plants: 33 child plants

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Uploaded by Neela
Uploaded by crowrita1
Location: Michigan-my garden
Date: June 5,2022
Location: Sass Memorial Garden near Ashland, Nebraska
Date: 2010-05-13
Location: Sass Memorial Garden near Ashland, NE
Date: 2010-05-13

Date: 2014-05-25
Beard
Uploaded by Irisdaddy
Location: Sass Memorial Iris Garden near Ashland, NE
Date: 2015-05-21
Location: Southeast Nebraska
Date: 2014-05-24
Location: Southeast Nebraska
Date: 2014-05-24

Date: 2015-02-15

Photo courtesy of Iris City Gardens
Location: Sass Memorial Garden near Ashland, Nebraska
Date: 2012-05-04
Uploaded by MargieNY

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