Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Frank Foster
Year Of Registration: 1966
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1966
Seedling Number: FZ-21-5
Classification: Miniature Tall Bearded (MTB)
Registered Height: 28 inches (71 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Mid Late
Late
Bloom Color Classification: Silver/Grey
Violet
White
Flower Patterns: Plicata
Bloom Color Description: Warm white, stitched and dotted violet blue with gray haze over white on falls
Awards: Honorable Mention: 1968

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 8b
Flowers: Showy
Underground structures: Rhizome
Propagation: Seeds: Will not come true from seed
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Ploidy: Unbalanced Tetraploid
Parentage: ((San Francisco x Castle Rock) x (San Francisco x Dale Dennis)) X Dale Dennis

Common names
  • Iris
  • Miniature Tall Bearded Iris

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