Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Emily Jean Stevens
Year Of Registration: 1945
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1949
Seedling Number: 5/RA103
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Bloom Season: Mid
Bloom Color Classification: White
Yellow
Flower Patterns: Amoena
Awards: Honorable Mention: 1949
Award of Merit: 1951

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: Magnolia X ((Gudrun x (Lady Morvyth x Rangatira)))
Child plants: 75 child plants

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  • Tall Bearded Iris
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Date: Spring 2021
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Date: 2014-05-26
Beard and haft
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Date: 2022-05-27
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Date: 2022-05-27

Date: 2015-02-13
Location: Pleasant Grove, Utah
Date: 2011-06-05
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Date: 2014-05-26
Throat and beard
Location: Enid, Oklahoma
Date: 2013-05-27

Date: 2012-05-15

Date: 2015-02-13
Location: Pleasant Grove, Utah
Date: 2011-06-05
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