Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Jean-Nicolas Lemon
Year Of Registration: introduced prior to registration system
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1840
Classification: Miniature Tall Bearded (MTB)
Bloom Season: Mid
Bloom Color Classification: Wine
Yellow
Flower Patterns: Variegata
Foliage: Purple Based

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: Diploid
Child plants: 5 child plants

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Common names
  • Iris
  • Miniature Tall Bearded Iris
Also sold as:
  • Honorabilis

Photo Gallery
Location: My Gardens
Date: May 22, 2014
Close Up View
Uploaded by avmoran
Location: My Gardens
Date: May 21, 2017
Photo In Overcast & Clouds

Photo May 15, 2010
Location: My Gardens
Date: May 18, 2015
Between Clouds & Thunderstorms

Honorabile, Historic Iris
Location: Southern Maine
Date: 2014-06
Planted by a former owner of the historic property I purchased.

Photo courtesy of Old House Gardens

Photo courtesy of Iris City Gardens

Date: c. 1915
photo from the 1915 catalog, Bertrand Farr, Wyomissing, Pennsylva

Date: c. 1920
photo from the 1920 catalog, Cromwell Gardens, Cromwell, Connecti

Date: 2008-05-25
Photo courtesy of Rainbow Iris Farm
Location: In my garden. Poland.
Location: In my garden. Poland.
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