| Hybridizer: | Mary Williamson |
| Year Of Registration: | 1936 |
| Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): | 1936 |
| Classification: | Tall Bearded (TB) |
| Bloom Season: | Mid |
| Bloom Color Classification: | Purple White |
| Flower Patterns: | Amoena |
| Foliage: | Purple Based |
| Awards: | Honorable Mention: 1937 Award of Merit: 1938 Dykes Memorial Medal: 1940 |
| 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 |
| Parentage: | Dorothy Dietz X Cantabile |
| Child plants: | 85 child plants |
| piksihk | On May 7, 2020 | Transplanted Back HW; these were in window box; root bound |
| piksihk | On August 28, 2018 | Potted up rest of them; gave 3 to Nita (that were not marked) |
| piksihk | On July 4, 2018 | Potted up Window box |
| piksihk | On June 29, 2018 | Obtained plant |
| piksihk | On July 25, 2017 | Plant Ended (Removed, Died, Discarded, etc) None left -died |
| piksihk | On August 30, 2016 | Transplanted back side bed; several rhizome are looking bad - not whole ones |
| piksihk | On June 29, 2016 | Obtained plant 6 rhizomes |
| MamaFan | On October 29, 2022 | Obtained plant |
| Thread Title | Last Reply | Replies |
|---|---|---|
| Thank you for the name of this beauty! by PeggyC | Apr 2, 2016 9:38 PM | 3 |
| Wabash by DaisyDo | Jul 9, 2018 2:56 PM | 0 |
| iris by cjb4cjb | Jul 25, 2020 6:29 AM | 0 |
| Thrips by DaisyDo | Aug 10, 2021 9:04 PM | 0 |
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