Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: D. Nearpass
Year Of Registration: 1970
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1972
Seedling Number: 6-68-1
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 42 inches (107 cm)
Bloom Season: Early
Early Mid
Mid
Mid Late
Late
Flower Form: Tailored
Bloom Color Classification: Light blue
White
Flower Patterns: Amoena
Bloom Color Description: White standards; light blue falls
Beard Color: White, tipped lemon
Awards: Honorable Mention: 1974
Award of Merit: 1979

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
Uses: Cut Flower
Propagation: Seeds: Will not come true from seed
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Ploidy: Tetraploid
Parentage: Ivy League X Winter Olympics
Child plants: 11 child plants

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Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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Photo by Snork
Location: charlottetown, pei, canada
Date: 2015-07-05
Iris -Dover Beach
Location: Michigan-my garden
Date: June 2022
Location: Western Kentucky
Date: April 2012
A delicate beauty -- vigorous bloomer and increaser.
Location: Western Kentucky
Date: April 2012

Photo courtesy of Bluebird Haven Iris Garden

Photo courtesy of Blue J Iris Used with permission.

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