Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Schreiner
Year Of Registration: 1977
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1977
Seedling Number: I 68-A
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 40 inches (102 cm)
Bloom Season: Early
Early Mid
Mid
Mid Late
Late
Flower Form: Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Blue
Bloom Color Description: Light to medium blue, white spot on center of falls
Beard Color: White
Fragrance: Sweet
Awards: Honorable Mention: 1978
Award of Merit: 1980
Dykes Memorial Medal: 1984

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: D1146-A: (White Pride x Y 163B) X Violet Favor
Child plants: 117 child plants

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Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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Victoria Falls
Location: Switzerland, in my garden
Date: 2017-05-26
Location: Oxfordshire, England
Date: 2016-06-09
Location: Kingsport, TN
Date: 2019-04-25
Photo by Neela

Date: 2004-05-17
Location: My garden
Date: 2020-05-25
Location: Kingsport, TN
Location: Cisco, Tx 
Date: 2021-04-11
Location: Kingsport, TN
Date: 2019-04-25
Location: Oxfordshire, England
Date: 2017-05-23
Location: Cowansville, Quebec, Canada
Date: 2021-06-17
Photo by avmoran
Location: Northern Germany
Date: 2002-11-04
SANYO DIGITAL CAMERA
Location: my yard
Date: 2022-04-20
Location: my yard
Date: 11/06/2020
winter re-bloom
Location: Carrie's garden, Trail, Oregon
Date: 2019-05-12
Photo by pinkiris
Location: Nocona,Texas zn.7 My gardens
Date: 2020-03-28
1st TB iris to bloom & what a show!
Photo by MaryDurtschi
Location: My garden
Date: 2020-05-25
Second year, first bloom.
Photo by Misawa77
Photo by pinkiris
Location: Frannie's Iris Garden, Elk Grove, CA
Date: 2013-04-23
Location: my yard
Date: 2019-04-17
Photo by Neela
Location: Home
Location: Salt Lake City, UT
Date: 2012-05-19
So very blue
Location: My Garden in Fort Worth, TX
Date: 2018-03-31
Location: Nocona,Texas zn.7 My gardens
Date: March27,2020
1st TB to bloom this Spring
Photo by MaryDurtschi
Location: My garden, Pequea, Pennsylvania 17565
Date: 2017-05-13
Location: my Zone 7b garden in North Georgia Mountains
Date: 2023-05-09
Location: My garden in Northwest Arkansas
Date: 2013-05-12
These are blooms that have been open a while - they show the ligh
Photo by pinkiris
Location: Iowa
Date: 2020-06-01
Location: Iowa
Date: 2020-06-01
Location: Elizabethan Gardens, Dare County, North Carolina | June, 2022
Date: 2022-06-12
Photo by Misawa77
Location: Hanover PA
Date: 5/9/2011
Photo by stilldew
Location: My garden, Somerset, CA
Date: June 7, 2020
Second year plant. A later bloom.
Location: Toronto, Ontario
Date: 2023-05-04
Tall Bearded Iris (Iris 'Victoria Falls').
Photo by pinkiris
Location: Gainesboro, TN
Date: 2010-05-02
Victoria Falls (right)

Photo Courtesy of Te Sligte Gardens. Used with Permission
  • Uploaded by Joy
Location: Iowa
Date: 2020-06-02
Location: My garden, Pequea, Pennsylvania USA
Date: 2018-05-19
Location: My garden, Pequea, Pennsylvania USA
Date: 2018-05-19
Rain, rain, rain!
Location: Enid, Oklahoma
Date: 2013-05-19

Photo courtesy of Longfield Gardens
  • Uploaded by Joy
Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Date: 2013-05-23
Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Date: 2013-05-19

Photo courtesy of Blue J Iris. Used with permission.

Photo courtesy of Rainbow Iris Farm
Comments:
  • Posted by Dodecatheon3 (Northwest Arkansas - Zone 6b) on May 21, 2013 7:09 AM concerning plant:
    This one is nicknamed 'Victoria Falls Down' because most of the stalks flop over. It is still an iris I like to keep because it has a lovely fragrance & so many flowers. I consider it a cutting iris & bring the stalks that flop inside. They are absolutely delightful as they lightly perfume a room. The flowers open a darker periwinkle color & lighten as they age.

    Schreiner's Garden lists this as having three main branches and two spurs with up to 14 flowers. It is reported to have a tendency to rebloom. Various members of my family have grown this variety many years, but it has not rebloomed for us in zone 6b.
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