Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Eugene Parson
Year Of Registration: 1958
Seedling Number: 75
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 32 inches (81 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid Late
Bloom Color Classification: Blue
Flower Patterns: Self
Bloom Color Description: Medium blue
Beard Color: Blue

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
Ploidy: Tetraploid
Parentage: Danube Wave X Chivalry

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Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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Location: Illinois
Date: 2009-06-05
Blue Genes, originally from a Nebraska plant
Comments:
  • Posted by kocart on May 30, 2015 5:27 PM concerning plant:
    This plant was a hybrid registered by my Great-uncle, Gene Parsons. He grew irises in Lincoln, Nebr., in the 1950s and 60s.

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