Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Nate Rudolph
Year Of Registration: 1963
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1962
Seedling Number: 59-36
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 30 inches (76 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Bloom Color Classification: Yellow
Flower Patterns: Self
Bloom Color Description: Medium yellow, light patch at beard tip
Awards: Honorable Mention: 1963

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: From sdlgs. inv. Snow Flurry, New Snow, New Horizon, May Hall
Child plants: 14 child plants

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Image from AIS Bulletin 171 (Oct 1963); pg. 8.

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