Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: O. D. Niswonger
Year Of Registration: 1992
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1993
Seedling Number: IB 37-90
Classification: Intermediate Bearded (IB)
Registered Height: 22 inches (56 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Bloom Color Classification: White
Wine
Flower Patterns: Plicata
Bloom Color Description: Dark burgundy standards, center touched white; white falls, burgundy plicata edge
Beard Color: White, very slightly tipped yellow
Foliage: Purple Based
Awards: Honorable Mention: 1995
Award of Merit: 1997
Hans and Jacob Sass Medal: 1999

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: Unbalanced Tetraploid
Parentage: Goddess X Chubby Cheeks
Child plants: 2 child plants

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Common names
  • Iris
  • Intermediate Bearded Iris

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Location: My garden, Ukraine, Zaporizhzhya region Zone: 6a
Date: 2017-05-15
Location: My garden, Ukraine, Zaporizhzhya region Zone: 6a
Date: 2012-05-04
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Date: 2019-10-09
Location: Menton, France
Date: 2017-04-13
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Date: 2019-04-22
Location: Menton, France
Date: 2017-04-19
Prolific bloomer
Location: Sass Memorial Garden near Ashland, NE
Date: 2012-04-17
Location: Sass Memorial Garden near Ashland, NE
Date: 2012-04-17
Location: Whitesboro, TX
Date: 2017-05-24
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Location: Sass Memorial Garden near Ashland, Nebraska
Date: 2011-05-12
Location: Metropolitan Adelaide, South Australia
Date: 2020-10-11
Location: southern KY
Date: 2019-04-22
Location: Sass Memorial Garden near Ashland, Nebraska
Date: 2012-04-24
Location: Sass Memorial Garden near Ashland, Nebraska
Date: 2013-05-23
Location: Sass Memorial Garden near Ashland, Nebraska
Date: 2011-05-12
Location: Kaunas, Lithuania, EU
Date: 2013-02-11
Location: Kaunas, Lithuania, EU
Date: 2013-02-16
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