Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Crosby
Year Of Registration: 1958
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1960
Seedling Number: C-57-25
Classification: Border Bearded (BB)
Registered Height: 15 inches (38 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Mid Late
Late
Very Late
Bloom Color Classification: Cream
Bloom Color Description: Creamy white, deeper hafts
Beard Color: Yellow
Awards: Honorable Mention: 1961

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 8b
Flowers: Showy
Underground structures: Rhizome
Propagation: Seeds: Will not come true from seed
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Ploidy: Tetraploid
Parentage: Mary Randall X Queen's Lace

Common names
  • Border Bearded Iris
  • Iris

Comments:
  • Posted by KentPfeiffer (Southeast Nebraska - Zone 5b) on Feb 27, 2015 8:17 PM concerning plant:
    Originally registered as a Miniature Tall Bearded Iris, since reclassified as a Border Bearded Iris.

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