Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Mohr-Mitchell
Year Of Registration: 1931
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1931
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Bloom Season: Mid
Bloom Color Classification: Copper/Brown
Yellow
Foliage: Purple Based
Awards: Honorable Mention: 1936

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: (Alcazar x Esplendido) X (Shekinah x Argentina)
Child plants: 83 child plants

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Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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Location: Switzerland, Merian Gardens Basel
Date: 2017-05-20
Location: Santa Cruz Mountains, California
Date: 2016-05-09
Location: Richlands, NC
Date: 2022-04-15
Location: Zone 6a, Pennsylvania
Date: 2016-05-08
note colored spotches in fall, by David Prichard
Location: Kansas City, MO
Date: 2016-04-16
Uploaded by enidcandles

Date: c. 1937
illustration from the 1937 catalog, Cooley's Gardens, Silverton,

Photo courtesy of Bluebird Haven Iris Garden

Date: c. 1937
illustration from the 1937 catalog, Carl Salbach, Berkeley, Calif

Date: c. 1939
photo from the 1939 catalog, Oakhurst Gardens, Arcadia, Californi
Location: Zone 6a, Pennsylvania
Date: 2016-05-05
David Prichard

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