Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Larry Lauer
Year Of Registration: 1992
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1993
Seedling Number: L87-48-3
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 40 inches (102 cm)
Bloom Season: Early Mid
Flower Form: Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Blue
Cream
Flower Patterns: Bicolor
Bloom Color Description: Creamy off white standards; medium blue falls undertoned lavender
Beard Color: White
Fragrance: Slight
Awards: Honorable Mention: 1995
Award of Merit: 1997
John C. Wister Medal: 1999
Dykes Memorial Medal: 2000

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: Edith Wolford X Breakers
Child plants: 41 child plants

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Common names
  • Iris
  • Tall Bearded Iris

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Spring 2009

Date: 2013-05-25
Location: Oxfordshire, England
Date: 2019-06-05
Location: Oxfordshire, England
Date: 2019-06-05
Photo by mattsmom
Location: Oxfordshire, England
Date: 2018-06-07

Stairway to Heaven
Location: Russia, Krasnodarskij Kraj
Date: 2016-05-09
Location: Granite Falls, WA
Date: 2014-06-04
Stairway to Heaven
Photo by Sheridragonfly
Photo by Snork
Location: Daisydo's garden
Date: 2022-05-25
Stairway to Heaven
Location: Garland (Dallas), TX
Date: 2015-04-24
Location: Western Kentucky
Date: 9 May 2015
Location: Russia, Krasnodarskij Kraj
Date: 2017-05-13
Location: Garland (Dallas), TX
Date: 2015-04-24

Date: 2018-05-27
With Iris 'Black Magic Woman'
Location: Russia, Krasnodarskij Kraj
Date: 2019-05-15
Location: My Gardens
Date: May 28, 2015
At Peak Bloom: In Foreground
Location: Currumbin Valley Qld Australia
Date: 2018-10-01
FFE in my subtopical!! garden
Location: Granite Falls, WA
Date: 2013-06-09
Location: My Gardens
Date: May 23, 2015
Bright Morning Sunlight
Location: Western Kentucky
Date: April 2012
Location: Lathrop mo
Date: 2021-05-17
Stairway to Heaven
Location: From my collection. Poland.
Location: Las Cruces, NM
Date: 2017-04-23
Iris Stairway to Heaven
Location: Sass Memorial Garden near Ashland, Nebraska
Date: 2012-05-04
Location: Iowa
Location: Concord, NC zone 7
Date: 2016-04-28
From Mary Ann
Photo by naomimade
Location: Western Kentucky
Date: April 2012
Location: Sass Memorial Iris Garden near Ashland, NE
Date: 2015-05-21
Location: Chailey Iris Garden, East Sussex, UK.
Date: 2022-06-11
Photo by mattsmom

Photo courtesy of Sutton's Iris Gardens
Location: Western Kentucky
Date: April 2012
Photo by Rebekah
Location: Michigan-my garden
Date: June 5, 2017
Location: Solon , Ohio
Date: 2017-05-22
Stairway to Heaven iris
Photo by zuzu
Location: Cisco, Tx 
Date: 2021-04-12
Location: Botanical Garden of Moscow State University
Date: June
credit: Andrey Korzun
Photo by Lbsmitty

Date: 2020-05-24
Location: Farmer John's Greenhouse, Farmington Hills, MI
Date: 2010-05-17
Location: Sangamon Co. Il.
Date: 2018-05-24
Photo by pinkiris
Photo by pinkiris

Photo by D Stewart SNOWPEAK IRIS
Location: Western Kentucky
Date: April 2012
Location: Michigan-my garden
Date: June 5, 2017
Location: Willamette Valley Oregon
Date: 2014-05-23
Location: New Zealand
Date: 2013-10-31
Location: Enid, Oklahoma
Date: 2013-05-15

Date: 2015-05-15
Location: Farmer John's Greenhouse, Farmington Hills, MI
Date: 2010-05-17
Location: Farmer John's Greenhouse, Farmington Hills, MI
Date: 2010-05-17

Photo courtesy of Rainbow Iris Farm
Location: southeast alabama
Date: 2015-04-17
Just beautiful enought to eat!
Location: Wilhoit, AZ
Date: 2023
Photo by pinkiris

Photo courtesy of Blue J Iris. Used with permission.
Location: Garland, TX
Date: 2021-04-19
Finally caught the dusting...🙂🌻💚

Photo Courtesy of Daylilies by the Pond. Used with Permission.
  • Uploaded by Joy

Photo courtesy of Rainbow Iris Farm
Location: In my Northern California garden
Date: 2012-05-06
Location: Columbia, SC
Date: 2018-04-28
Location: Columbia, SC
Date: 2018-04-28
Location: Farmer John's Greenhouse, Farmington Hills, MI
Date: 2010-05-17
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Comments:
  • Posted by bluegrassmom (South central KY - Zone 6b) on Mar 26, 2021 11:00 PM concerning plant:
    An oldie but goodie. It deserves the Dykes and other awards it has won. A keeper for my garden.
  • Posted by mattsmom (WI) on Sep 29, 2011 9:58 PM concerning plant:
    Wonderful increase here in my zone 4a garden.
  • Posted by bron (NSW-Qld border Australia) on Sep 30, 2018 11:00 PM concerning plant:
    Another one for the sub tropics!!! I am amazed as I only recently planted this out from a small pot where I had put it on receiving a small fan only 4 months ago. Not fully open yet but I accidentally broke the tall bloom spike while watering it in, so this is my FFE.
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