Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Eleanor Kegerise
Year Of Registration: 1972
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1973
Seedling Number: 20-70
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 39 inches (99 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Bloom Color Classification: White
Yellow
Bloom Color Description: White, light yellow hafts
Beard Color: Yellow
Awards: Honorable Mention: 1974
Award of Merit: 1976
President's Cup: 1973

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: Cup Race X 1-66: (Swan Ballet x Rippling Waters)
Child plants: 20 child plants

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Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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Location: My Garden, Ontario, Canada
Date: 2019-06-17
I don't know what the little guy is on the beard in this photo.
Location: My Garden, Ontario, Canada
Date: 2016-06-06
Location: My Garden, Ontario, Canada
Date: 2016-06-13
Country Manor in the late afternoon sun.
Location: My Garden, Ontario, Canada
Date: 2016-06-06
Location: My Garden, Ontario, Canada
Date: 2016-06-06
Location: My Garden, Ontario, Canada
Date: 2016-06-06

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