Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Lloyd Zurbrigg
Year Of Registration: 1982
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1982
Seedling Number: P 33 Alba
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 30 inches (76 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Rebloom
Rebloom by Zone: Known To Rebloom Zone 4: -30° to -20°
Known To Rebloom Zone 5: -20° to -10°
Known To Rebloom Zone 6:-10° to 0°
Known To Rebloom Zone 7: 0°-10°
Flower Form: Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: White
Flower Patterns: Self
Bloom Color Description: Pure white
Beard Color: White
Fragrance: Slight
Sweet
Awards: Honorable Mention: 1986
Award of Merit: 1990

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
Ploidy: Tetraploid
Parentage: I Do X English Cottage
Child plants: 31 child plants

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Common names
  • Iris
  • Tall Bearded Iris

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Location: Philo, California
Date:  April - 2014
Location: Cottonwood, CA
Date: 2022-09-24

Date: 2015-09-30
Location: Garden that used to be my lawn
Date: 2018-10-01
fall bloom - note the dead 'mum
Location: Garden that used to be my lawn
Date: 2018-10-02
fall bloom - note the dead 'mum and asters
Location: My garden
Date: 5-18-2021
Immortality
Location: My garden, Pequea, Pennsylvania, USA
Date: 2018-09-24
Planted July 2017; first bloom ever in my garden.
Location: Kingsport, TN
Date: 2018-11-04
Location: Switzerland, in my garden
Date: 2017-09-30
Location: West Valley City, UT
5/17/2018
Location: Fairfax, Virginia
Date: 2022-04-16
Location: SE Michigan
Date: 2017-09-03
Location: My garden, Pequea, Pennsylvania, USA
Date: 2018-10-01
Location: Santa Cruz, California
Date: 2009-05-14
With a bee friend!

Date: 8-27-2022
rebloomed vigorously, one stem with 13 flowers, the other stem wi
Location: Granite Falls, WA
Date: 2017-06-07
Location: southern KY
Date: 2019-04-22
Location: Kingsport, TN
Date: 2019-04-25
Location: Menton, France
Date: 2017-04-11
Location: My Garden, Utah
Date: 2013-09-21
re-bloom
Location: Minnesota 
Date: 2023-05-29
Location: Chatham, VA
Date: 04/17/2023
Location: My garden
Date: May 13, 2022 • 2:09 PM
Immortality  • L. Zurbrigg 1982
Location: first bloom May-3-2021
Date: 2021-05-03
got from Lowes at 10.98 in 2020 fall, divided into 5 plants and 4
Location: Maryville,TN
Date: 2023-04-27
Location: Vaughan, ON, Canada (Zone 5b)
Date: 2016-06-04
Location: Las Cruces, NM
Date: 2019-04-22
TB Iris Immortality
Location: My garden in Ontario, Canada
Date: 2023-09-01
I'm thinking the cold nights have brought out this lovely blue ve
Location: Upstate New York
Location: Mid-Missouri, USA
Date: 2022-05-11
Twilight sunlight shining through the petals
Location: My garden, Eagle Point, Oregon
Date: 2019-05-17
Nice fragrance, strong grower.
Location: Toronto, Ontario
Date: 2022-10-10
Tall Bearded Iris (Iris 'Immortality') in fall.
Location: Ljubljana, Slovenia
Date: 2023-09-18
Location: Cloverly, Maryland
Date: May 26, 2016
Immortality
Location: SW
Date: 2020-04-07
We need smellivision for this one, and a rebloomer to boot!
Location: Buford, Georgia
Date: 2020-04-22
Location: Toronto, Ontario
Date: 2020-09-08
Tall Bearded Iris (Iris 'Immortality') rebloom again in fall, ver
Location: New Brunswick, Canada
Date: 2018-06-24
Location: Robson BC
Date: 2008-06-07
 6:54 pm. A reliable rebloomer.
Location: Robson BC
Date: 2008-06-03
 11 36 am. A classic "must have" - for beauty, fragrance and rebl
Photo by avmoran
Location: SE Michigan
Date: 2017-09-03
Location: Kingsport, TN
Location: Garland (Dallas), TX
Date: 03-31-2012
Phone camera didn't capture that beautiful underlying blue-grey t

Photo courtesy of Pleasants Valley Iris Farm
Location: Eagle Bay, New York
Date: 2020-06-10
Iris germanica Immortality
Location: Coastal San Diego County 
Date: 2018-06-28
Location: Whitesboro, TX
Image courtesy of The Shady Spot Iris. All rights reserved.
Photo by Hazelcrestmikeb
Location: Las Cruces, NM
Date: 2022-04-28
TB Iris Immortality
Location: My garden in Ontario, Canada
Date: 2023-09-01
Showing the beautiful blue veining
Location: Elberfeld, Indiana
Date: 9-13-09
Location: Elberfeld, Indiana
Date: 5-4-15
Location: my yard
Date: 2022-05-07
Location: My Garden, Arvada, Colorado
Date: May
Location: north bed
Date: 2018-05-16
cloudy
Location: Philo, California
Date: 2015-04-22
Location: My garden
Date: 2020-05-15
Location: north bed
Date: 2018-05-18
sunny
Photo by ElyceC
Photo by ElyceC
Photo by KatsI2
Photo by flowersrjen
Location: Eagle Bay, New York
Date: 01 Jun 2022
Bearded Iris Immortality
Location: Mexico, Missouri
Location: Yorkville, IL
Date: 2020-06-03

Photo courtesy of Sutton's Iris Gardens
Location: Eagle Bay, New York
Date: 2017-06-14
Tall Bearded Iris (Iris 'Immortality')

Date: 2014-06-15

Date: October 2015 Reblooming Immortality
Location: Looking perfect with a light pleasant scent.  3 year old rhizome.
Date: October 17, 2015 Reblooming Immortality
Location: Fairfax, Virginia
Date: 2022-04-16
Location: Garland (Dallas), TX
Date: 2013-04-15
Location: Jones OK,
Date: April 2015
Immortality
Photo by greathorse

Date: 2013-11-09
Beard
Location: my front yard
Date: 2014-05-25
Location: my front yard
Date: 2013-05-30
Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Date: 2016-05-17
Location: Washington
Location: Broken Arrow, OK
Date: 2017-04-05
Location: My zone 3a garden
Date: 2009-07-04
Location: My zone 3a garden
Date: 2009-07-04
Location: Lincolnshire, England, UK
Date: Spring
Immortality
Location: My garden
Date: 2022-05-13
Immortality
Location: Terrace garden left side.
Date: 2010-0523
Location: Terrace garden left side.
Date: 2010-0520
Location: Terrace garden left side.
Date: 2010-0519
Photo by pinkiris
Photo by pinkiris
Location: north bed
Date: 2018-05-16
cloudy
Location: Kalama, Wa
Date: 2010-05-13
  • Uploaded by Joy
Location: Michigan-my garden
Location: back yard
Date: spring 2015
Location: Broken Arrow, OK
Date: 2018-05-04
Location: South garden
Date: May 2015
Location: My Garden, Utah
Date: 2013-09-21
re-bloom
Location: Waxhaw, NC
Date: 2020-04-23
Location: Toronto, Ontario
Date: 2021-08-20
Tall Bearded Iris (Iris 'Immortality') reblooming in summer.
Location: In my garden in Kalama, Wa. Zone 8b
Date: 2012-05-19
  • Uploaded by Joy
Photo by flowersrjen
Location: Terrace garden left side.
Date: 2010-1023
Rebloom! It doesn't always happen but it's a nice surprise when i
Location: In my sunny back hill garden in Wi.
Date: May 31,2011
Has bloomed twice for me in one season.
  • Uploaded by ves

Date: 2020-05-27

Date: 2022-05-25
Location: north bed
Date: 2018-05-18
sunny
Location: north bed
Date: 2018-05-18
sunny
Photo by DebbieC
Location: southern KY
Date: 4000-05-23
Location: Tom Bruce's Carolina Daylilies
Date: 2018-04-21

Photo courtesy of Blue J Iris Used with permission.
Location: Tom Bruce's Carolina Daylilies
Date: 2018-04-21

Date: 2012-08-26
Immortality
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Comments:
  • Posted by lauribob (N Central Wash. - the dry side - Zone 5b) on Mar 16, 2019 9:43 AM concerning plant:
    This pure white, tall iris is beautiful, but it flops in my garden. I've never had an iris that needed staking before, and there are way too many other chores to do, beside the fact that an iris with a stake is just not a good look. I moved it from prime real estate to the 'wild zone'. It is very tall and is good for cut flowers if you catch them before they fall down.
  • Posted by bluegrassmom (South central KY - Zone 6b) on Mar 26, 2021 11:18 PM concerning plant:
    This one reblooms regularly in my zone 6 garden. So pretty in a clump~
  • Posted by buddysgrmpa on Apr 10, 2010 12:34 AM concerning plant:
    I saw this iris blooming into December in Lawrence, Ks. Z5 Bloomed for me after Thanksgiving. Not as much substance as newer varieties, but powerful performance make it top 10. Mark B. in Ks.
  • Posted by janelp_lee (Toronto, Ontario - Zone 6a) on Jan 2, 2020 1:56 PM concerning plant:
    Love this reblooming variety and its beautiful flowers and lovely fragrance. I have 2 other varieties of reblooming Irises and love this fragrance the most.
  • Posted by flowersrjen (central nj - Zone 6b) on Aug 27, 2012 11:03 AM concerning plant:
    Rebloom in late August
  • Posted by sucrose (Ohio - Zone 6a) on Apr 20, 2022 9:11 AM concerning plant:
    rebloom in 2021 in zone 6a in July, September and November (different plants). The November one did not survive a frost.
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