Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Cousins
Year Of Registration: 1938
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1938
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 35 inches
Bloom Season: Mid
Flower Form: Tailored
Flared
Bloom Color Classification: Light blue
Flower Patterns: Self
Bloom Color Description: Sky blue
Fragrance: Sweet
Awards: Honorable Mention: 1939
Award of Merit: 1940
Dykes Memorial Medal: 1942

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
Fragrant
Underground structures: Rhizome
Propagation: Seeds: Will not come true from seed
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Parentage: (Dominion x unknown) X (Conquistador x unknown)
Child plants: 235 child plants

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L- Easter Charm.  R- Spun Gold
Location: southeast Nebraska 
Date: 2024-05-05
Sweet fragrance
Location: Sass Memorial Garden near Ashland, NE
Date: 2010-05-17
Location: Sass Memorial Iris Garden near Ashland, NE
Date: 2015-05-21
Location: Michigan-my garden
Date: 2021-01-17
Uploaded by crowrita1
Location: Boise, Idaho
Date: May 28, 2023
Location: Sass Memorial Garden near Ashland, Nebraska
Date: 2012-05-04
Location: Superstition Gardens - Cathey's Valley CA
Date: 2017-05-07
Location: Cisco, Tx

Date: c. 1941
photo from the 1941 catalog, Cooley's Gardens, Silverton, Oregon

Date: c. 1949
illustration from the 1949 catalog, Cooley's Gardens, Silverton,
Location: Sass Memorial Garden near Ashland, Nebraska
Date: 2010-05-17
Uploaded by MargieNY
Uploaded by MargieNY
Location: Catheys Valley CA
Photo courtesy of Superstition Iris Gardens, posted with permissi

Photo courtesy of Blue J Iris Used with permission.
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