Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Loomis
Year Of Registration: 1937
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1937
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Bloom Season: Mid
Bloom Color Classification: Rose
Flower Patterns: Bitone
Awards: Honorable Mention: 1937

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: (Lent A. Williamson x unknown) X Loomis F-70: (W. J. Fryer x Ricardi)
Child plants: 37 child plants

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Common names
  • Iris
  • Tall Bearded Iris

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Date: c. 1937
illustration from the 1937 catalog, Quality Gardens, Freeport, Il

Image from 1940 Schreiner's catalog

Date: c. 1950
illustration from the 1950 catalog, Cooley's Gardens, Silverton,

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