Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Monty Byers
Year Of Registration: 1989
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1990
Seedling Number: D158-135
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 35 inches (89 cm)
Bloom Season: Early Mid
Mid
Rebloom
Rebloom by Zone: Known To Rebloom Zone 5: -20° to -10°
Bloom Color Classification: White
Flower Patterns: Self
Bloom Color Description: White, slight green tint on standards
Beard Color: Light violet, tipped yellow
Fragrance: Slight
Sweet
Awards: Honorable Mention: 1994

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: Immortality X B-8-2: (Cease-Fire x Sky Hooks)
Child plants: 2 child plants

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Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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Location: Lancaster, CA
Date: 2017-11-23
Blooming 11/26
Location: Switzerland, in my garden
Date: 2017-10-26
Location: Switzerland, in my garden
Date: 2017-10-26
Location: Lundby, Denmark, EU
Date: 2020-06-03
Afternoon sun
Location: Sass Memorial Garden near Ashland, Nebraska
Date: 2010-05-13
Location: Lancaster, CA
Date: Spring 2017
Location: Sass Memorial Garden near Ashland, Nebraska
Date: 2013-05-23

Photo Courtesy of Te Sligte Gardens. Used with Permission
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Location: Catheys Valley CA
Photo courtesy of Superstition Iris Gardens, posted with permissi

Photo courtesy of Blue J Iris. Used with permission.

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