Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Wills
Year Of Registration: 1956
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1959
Seedling Number: 96-54
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 35 inches (89 cm)
Bloom Season: Early
Bloom Color Classification: Light blue
White
Flower Patterns: Plicata
Bloom Color Description: White stitched blue
Beard Color: White, tipped gold
Style Arm Color: Gold
Awards: Honorable Mention: 1961

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: Sass plicata sdlg 49-134 X Belle Meade
Child plants: one child plant

Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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