Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Murawska
Year Of Registration: 1943
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1943
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Bloom Season: Early
Early Mid
Mid
Mid Late
Late
Very Late
Bloom Color Classification: Blue
Bloom Color Description: White brushed blue

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
Parentage: Buechley Giant X Pluie d'Or
Child plants: 6 child plants

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Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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Location: Santa Cruz Mountains, California
Date: 2016-05-06
Location: Santa Cruz Mountains, California
Date: 2022-05-20
Location: Display garden in Northwest Arkansas
Date: 2014-05-10

Date: c. 1948
illustration from the 1948 catalog, Cooley's Gardens, Silverton,

Photo courtesy of Blue J Iris Used with permission.

Photo courtesy of Bluebird Haven Iris Garden

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