Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Monty Byers
Year Of Registration: 1985
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1986
Seedling Number: A-0-3
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 35 inches (89 cm)
Bloom Season: Early
Early Mid
Mid
Mid Late
Late
Flower Form: Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Silver/Grey
Flower Patterns: Self
Bloom Color Description: Silver white, faint yellow glow at hafts
Beard Color: Blue white tipped cadmium orange, 1" blue horns
Space Age Beard Appendages: Horns
Awards: Honorable Mention: 1989

General Plant Information (Edit)
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
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: Actress X Sky Hooks
Child plants: 24 child plants

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Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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Location: Chino Valley Arizona
Date: 2021-05-08
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