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Hybridizer: Walter Luihn
Year Of Registration: 1977
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1979
Seedling Number: 76-5
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 38 inches (97 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Mid Late
Late
Flower Form: Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Light blue
Flower Patterns: Self
Bloom Color Description: Silvery light powder blue
Beard Color: Deep bluebird blue tipped silver
Awards: Honorable Mention: 1981
Award of Merit: 1983
Dykes Memorial Medal: 1986

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: Nobleman X Blue Luster
Child plants: 131 child plants

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Photo Gallery
Location: My Gardens
Date: June 15, 2015
A Favorite TB Iris
Location: My Gardens
Date: May 28, 2017
Close Up View

Date: 2005-05-14
Location: My Gardens
Date: May 23, 2010
Double Beards & Stamens

Song Of Norway
Location: My Gardens
Date: May 26, 2015
A Little Breezy: Overcast
Location: My Gardens
Date: May 21, 2017
After A Storm

Spring 2009
Location: Sass Memorial Garden near Ashland, Nebraska
Date: 2010-05-21
Location: my yard
Date: 2020-03-31

Date: 2023-05-27
Location: Indiana
Date: May
Tall bearded iris 'Song of Norway'
Location: My Gardens
Date: June 1, 2013
A Top Ten Favorite Of All Irises!
Location: Sass Memorial Iris Garden near Ashland, NE
Date: 2015-05-21
Location: my yard
Date: 2020-03-31
lightly tipped beard

Song Of Norway

Song Of Norway
Location: Clymer,PA
Date: 06/01/2019
Location: Sass Memorial Garden near Ashland, NE
Date: 2010-05-21

Date: 2013-05-04
Location: My garden in southeast Nebraska
Date: 2012-05-03
Uploaded by mattsmom
Location: My garden in southeast Nebraska
Date: 2013-05-26
Location: north central Texas
Date: 2004-04-24

Photo courtesy of Blue J Iris. Used with permission.
Location: BC
Date: June 2014
Uploaded by mattsmom
Location: Enid, Oklahoma
Date: 2013-05-22
Location: Sass Memorial Garden near Ashland, Nebraska
Date: 2011-05-17
Location: southern KY
Date: 4000-05-07
Location: In a public garden
Date: 2013-05-04
Location: southern KY
Date: 2018-05-10
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