Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Carl Salbach
Year Of Registration: 1937
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1938
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 40 inches (102 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Bloom Color Classification: Magenta
Foliage: Purple Based
Awards: Honorable Mention: 1938

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: Dauntless X Desert Gold
Child plants: 34 child plants

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  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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Location: Durham, NC
Date: 2017-04-17
Location: Santa Cruz Mountains, California
Date: 2018-04-29
Location: Durham, NC
Date: 2017-04-15
Full sun.
Uploaded by Henhouse
Uploaded by Henhouse
Location: Catheys Valley CA
Photo courtesy of Superstition Iris Gardens, posted with permissi

Date: c. 1948
illustration from the 1948 catalog, Cooley's Gardens, Silverton,
Uploaded by Muddymitts
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