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Tall Bearded Iris |
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Iris |
Hybridizer: | Horton |
Year Of Registration: | 1939 |
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): | 1939 |
Classification: | Tall Bearded (TB) |
Bloom Season: | Mid |
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: | Mentor X (Pioneer x unknown) |
Let's take a trip this week to Oregon and visit the lovely gardens created by Lynn Smith and her husband, Cliff. It's always fun to step out of our own climate to see what grows well in another, and sometimes it's even more fun to see what our climates have in common. You are going to love what you see!
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Best growing conditions for bearded irises by WAMcCormick | Aug 15, 2020 8:11 AM | 16 |
Nothin' Could Be Finer Than to Be In Carolina - 2019 blooms by Lestv | Jan 21, 2020 11:52 PM | 789 |
Toxicity to canines by lilpod13 | Mar 13, 2019 9:53 PM | 19 |
Bloom 2018 by arilbred | May 23, 2018 5:34 AM | 80 |
Blooms 2018 by cliftoncat | Jan 2, 2019 4:17 PM | 2,872 |
Song Title Irises by Garden10 | May 19, 2017 9:22 PM | 33 |
Jan's Rustic Garden by janwax | Jan 22, 2021 3:10 PM | 3,182 |
Bloom Season 2017 by shizen | Mar 29, 2018 1:09 PM | 3,789 |
Which ones will you be culling this year? (old 2016 thread) by Henhouse | May 31, 2019 1:50 PM | 198 |
Bloom 16 zone 7 by arilbred | May 30, 2016 10:37 PM | 100 |
Which Irises have you parted ways with and why? by tveguy3 | Apr 17, 2017 9:40 PM | 256 |
Goners part 2 by Misawa77 | Nov 20, 2015 4:26 PM | 405 |
Did you get a box? by Misawa77 | Nov 23, 2015 9:30 AM | 1,507 |
And the winner is??? by tveguy3 | Aug 21, 2015 5:35 PM | 750 |
Season of the NOid's by Henhouse | Jan 15, 2016 11:33 AM | 957 |
It's The Most Wonderful Time Of the Year! by Lestv | Sep 21, 2015 8:23 PM | 555 |
Goners ! by crowrita1 | Jun 17, 2015 3:14 PM | 462 |
What did you do in the Iris garden today? by Paul2032 | Jan 23, 2021 12:53 AM | 19,636 |
Mindless chatter by Muddymitts | Jan 19, 2021 12:21 AM | 18,900 |
Some pretty no id Irises to brighten winter days... by gemini_sage | Sep 14, 2015 11:49 AM | 410 |
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