Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Ferdinand Cayeux
Year Of Registration: 1928
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1928
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Bloom Season: Mid
Flower Patterns: Variegata

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: Sensation X Bruno
Child plants: 13 child plants

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Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris
Also sold as:
  • Claud Aureau
  • Claude Aurant
  • Claude Aurean
  • Claude ByreaU

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Date: c. 1935
photo from the 1935 catalog, Quality Gardens, Freeport, Illinois
Comments:
  • Posted by Misawa77 (Hanover PA - Zone 6b) on Apr 23, 2014 11:07 AM concerning plant:
    Syn./other names known as: "Claud Aureau", "Claude Aurant", "Claude Aurean"; & "Claude ByreaU"

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