Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Schreiner
Year Of Registration: 1990
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1991
Seedling Number: S 629-1
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 36 inches (91 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid Late
Bloom Color Classification: White
Yellow
Flower Patterns: Debby Rairdon
Bloom Color Description: Yellow standards; white falls, yellow edge and shoulders
Beard Color: Yellow
Awards: Honorable Mention: 1993
Award of Merit: 1995

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
Ploidy: Tetraploid
Parentage: I 1226-16: (Soft Moonbeam x New Moon) X M 591-A: (K 1250-A: ((Lightning Ridge x (Wine and Roses x Gypsy Lullaby)) x ((((Amethyst Flame x Lavish Lady) x Arctic Flame) x White Taffeta) x Launching Pad)) x Piping Hot)
Child plants: 14 child plants

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Location: Las Cruces, NM
Date: 2018-04-27
TB Iris First Interstate
Location: Santa Cruz Mountains, California
Date: 2015-05-05
First Interstate
Location: my Zone 7b garden in North Georgia Mountains
Date: 2023-04-12
Photo by iciris

At Schreiner's Iris Gardens, Oregon.
Location: My garden in southeast Nebraska
Date: 2011-05-26
Location: Cisco, Tx 
Date: 2019-04-18
Location: Santa Cruz Mountains, California
Date: 2014-04-26

Date: 2009-01-01
SONY DSC
Location: my garden in Dawsonville, GA (zone 7b north Geogia mountains)
Date: 2022-04-28
Location: oregon at schreiners
Date: 2010-05-27
Location: My garden in southeast Nebraska
Date: 2012-05-09

At Schreiner's Iris Gardens, Oregon.

Photo Courtesy of Te Sligte Gardens. Used with Permission
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Photo courtesy of Blue J Iris Used with permission.

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