Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Rudolph Kleinsorge
Year Of Registration: 1944
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1944
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Bloom Season: Late
Bloom Color Classification: Rose
Flower Patterns: Bitone
Awards: Honorable Mention: 1946

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: Mexico X seedling
Child plants: 13 child plants

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Common names
  • Iris
  • Tall Bearded Iris

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Location: My Garden, Ontario, Canada
Date: 2016-06-13
Location: My Garden, Ontario, Canada
Date: 2016-06-13

Date: c. 1951
illustration from the 1951 catalog, Cooley's Gardens, Silverton,

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