Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Mohr
Year Of Registration: 1927
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1927
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 44 inches
Bloom Season: Mid
Bloom Color Classification: Violet
White
Flower Patterns: Plicata
Awards: Dykes Memorial Medal: 1927

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: (Conquistador x Parisiana) X Esplendido
Child plants: 65 child plants

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Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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Location: California
Date: 2021-05-23
Taken in my garden at 2:00 p.m. in full sun.
Location: Santa Cruz Mountains, California
Date: 2014-05-14
Location: Chino Valley Arizona
Date: 2021-05-03
Location: Schreiner's Gardens near Salem, OR
Date: 2015-05-14
Photo by Henhouse
Location: Southeast Nebraska
Date: 2014-05-24

Date: c. 1932
illustration from the 1932 catalog, Carl Salbach, Berkeley, CA
Photo by Misawa77

Photo courtesy of Bluebird Haven Iris Garden

Photo courtesy of Iris City Gardens
Location: Paris, France
Date: 2016-05-17
Location: Catheys Valley CA
Photo courtesy of Superstition Iris Gardens, posted with permissi

Date: 2014-05-10
Won the first Dykes in 1927

Date: 2014-05-10
At an Iris show....first Dykes winner.

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