Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Joseph Gatty by Keith Keppel
Year Of Registration: 1995
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1996
Seedling Number: X60-3
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 38 inches (97 cm)
Bloom Season: Early Mid
Flower Form: Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: White
Flower Patterns: Self
Bloom Color Description: White
Beard Color: White, pale lemon in throat tipped orange yellow
Awards: Honorable Mention: 1998
Award of Merit: 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
Underground structures: Rhizome
Propagation: Seeds: Will not come true from seed
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Ploidy: Tetraploid
Parentage: Christmas X Ocean Pacific
Child plants: 5 child plants

Image
Common names
  • Iris
  • Tall Bearded Iris

Photo Gallery
Location: My garden, Ukraine, Zaporizhzhya region Zone: 6a
Date: 2020-05-22
Location: My garden, Ukraine, Zaporizhzhya region Zone: 6a 
Date: 2022-05-30

Date: 2018-05-18

Date: 2017-05-27
Location: My garden, Ukraine, Zaporizhzhya region Zone: 6a 
Date: 2022-05-29
Location: My garden, Ukraine, Zaporizhzhya region Zone: 6a
Date: 2020-05-19
Location: Saratoga, CA
Date: April or May of 2012

Date: 2017-05-23
Location: My garden, Ukraine, Zaporizhzhya region Zone: 6a
Date: 2020-05-15
Location: Australia
Date: 2021-10-14
Location: Adelaide South Australia
Date: 2021-10-07
Location: Australia
Date: 2021-08-29
Location: Australia
Date: 2021-09-02

Photo 5/24/10

Photo 5/17/2010
Location: New Zealand
Date: 2013-10-12
Location: Catheys Valley California
Photo courtesy of Superstition Iris Gardens, posted with permissi
Location: New Zealand
Location: New Zealand
Date: 2014-11-02
Location: north central Texas
Date: 2005-04-21
Location: Australia
Date: 2023-10-29
Arctic Express
Location: Australia
Date: 2023-10-20
Arctic Express
Location: Whitesboro, TX
Image courtesy of The Shady Spot Iris. All rights reserved.
This plant is tagged in:
Image

Plant Events from our members
gardenglassgems On August 26, 2022 Potted up
Removed to be relocated.
» Post your own event for this plant

« Add a new plant to the database

» Search the Irises Database: by characteristics or by cultivar name

« See the general plant entry for Irises (Iris)

« Visit the Irises forum

« The Irises Database Front Page

« The Plants Database Front Page