Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Edward Essig
Year Of Registration: 1933
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1933
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Bloom Season: Early Mid
Bloom Color Classification: Light blue
Flower Patterns: Self
Fragrance: Sweet
Awards: Honorable Mention: 1934
Award of Merit: 1935

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
Fragrant
Underground structures: Rhizome
Propagation: Seeds: Will not come true from seed
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Parentage: ((Caterina x Marian Mohr) x (California Blue)) x Uncle Remus x Moa
Child plants: 89 child plants

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Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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Date: c. 1936
photo from the 1936 catalog, Milliken Iris Gardens, Pasadena, Cal
Location: north central Texas
Date: 2008-04-22
Location: north central Texas
Date: 2008-04-22

Date: c. 1937
illustration from the 1937 catalog, Carl Salbach, Berkeley, Calif

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