Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Ferdinand Cayeux
Year Of Registration: 1929
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1929
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Bloom Season: Mid
Bloom Color Classification: Wine
Flower Patterns: Bitone
Awards: Award of Merit: 1936
Other: French Dykes Memorial Medal: 1930

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: Francheville X Bruno
Child plants: 68 child plants

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Uploaded by crowrita1
Uploaded by crowrita1
Location: Botanical Garden, Faculty of Science, Zagreb, Croatia
Date: 2021-05-23
Iris BE 'Depute Nomblot', in collection of Zagreb Botanical Garde

Date: c. 1937
illustration from the 1937 catalog, Quality Gardens, Freeport, Il

Date: c. 1934
photo from the 1934 catalog, Cooley's Gardens, Silverton, Oregon

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