Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Orville Fay
Year Of Registration: 1946
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1946
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Bloom Season: Mid
Bloom Color Classification: Cream
Fragrance: Absent
Awards: Honorable Mention: 1946
Award of Merit: 1949

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: Snow Flurry X Golden Eagle
Child plants: 73 child plants

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Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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Location: my garden in Dawsonville, GA
Date: 2021-04-11
first tb iris to bloom in the spring, blooms at least 4 times thr
Location: rose line bed
Date: 2019-05-13
mom's
Location: north bed
Date: 2019-05-13
mom's
Location: east of lawn
Date: 20230518
dappled

Date: c. 1954
photo from the 1954 catalog, Milliken Gardens, Arcadia, Californi
Location: east of lawn
Date: 20230518
dappled
Location: east of lawn
Date: 20230518
dappled
Location: Bed F
Date: 2022-05-22
shady
Location: Bed F
Date: 2022-05-22
shady
Location: Finksburg, MD. My garden
Date: 2021-05-16

Date: 2015-02-13
Location: bed f
Date: 2021-05-07
after rain sunny
Location: bed f
Date: 2021-05-07
after rain sunny

Date: 2015-02-13

Date: 2015-02-13

Date: 2015-02-13

Photo courtesy of Bluebird Haven Iris Garden
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