Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: George Brehm
Year Of Registration: 1938
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1938
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Bloom Season: Mid
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: Dolly Madison X Purissima?
Child plants: 5 child plants

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Location: Santa Cruz Mountains, California
Date: 2020-04-16
William A. Setchell
Uploaded by shar4j
Location: Kingsport, TN
Date: 2023-04-22
Location: Santa Cruz Mountains, California
Date: 2015-04-29
Location: California
Date: April 2023
The coloring of the standards fade over time.  Opens as a 'self'
Location: California
Date: April 2023
Blooms are very large.  The largest among my small collection.
Location: my Zone 7b garden in North Georgia Mountains
Date: 2023-04-13
Location: my garden in Dawsonville, GA (zone 7b north Geogia mountains)
Date: 2022-04-17
Uploaded by shar4j
Location: my garden in Dawsonville, GA (zone 7b north Geogia mountains)
Date: 2021-04-13

Photo courtesy of Bluebird Haven Iris Garden

Date: 2014-05-20
Uploaded by tveguy3
Uploaded by tveguy3
Uploaded by tveguy3
Location: Whitesboro, TX
Date: 2017-05-23
Image courtesy of The Shady Spot Iris. All rights reserved.

Date: 2014-05-20
Beard
Location: Texas
Date: Spring
William A Setchell
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