Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Margaret Albright
Year Of Registration: 1955
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1956
Seedling Number: 54-01
Classification: Border Bearded (BB)
Registered Height: 26 inches (66 cm)
Bloom Season: Early
Early Mid
Mid
Mid Late
Late
Bloom Color Classification: Yellow
Flower Patterns: Self
Bloom Color Description: Lemon yellow
Awards: Honorable Mention: 1957
Other: Knowlton Award: 1960

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: Sdlg.: (Ruffled Bouquet x 42-10) X Heritage
Child plants: 29 child plants

Common names
  • Border Bearded Iris
  • Iris

Comments:
  • Posted by KentPfeiffer (Southeast Nebraska - Zone 5b) on Mar 2, 2015 12:25 PM concerning plant:
    Originally registered as an Intermediate Bearded Iris, considered by the Median Iris Society to be a Border Bearded Iris (parentage is two TBs, and it won the Knowlton Award, which is an award reserved for Bbs)

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