Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Wylie Ayres
Year Of Registration: 1932
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1932
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Bloom Season: Mid
Bloom Color Classification: Rose
Wine
Awards: Honorable Mention: 1932
Dykes Memorial Medal: 1933

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: ((Ayres Seedling #1:Red seedling) x (Ayres Seedling #2: (Loute x I. mesopotamica))) X (Dauntless)
Child plants: 10 child plants

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Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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Location: Schreiner's Gardens near Salem, OR
Date: 2015-05-14

Date: c. 1937
illustration from the 1937 catalog, Quality Gardens, Freeport, Il
Location: Schreiner's Gardens near Salem, OR
Date: 2015-05-14

Photo courtesy of Bluebird Haven Iris Garden

Date: c. 1939
photo from the 1939 catalog, Oakhurst Gardens, Arcadia, Californi

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