Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Olive Murrell
Year Of Registration: 1939
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1939
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Bloom Season: Mid
Bloom Color Classification: White
Flower Patterns: Self
Awards: Award of Merit: 1945

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: Pageant X Pervaneh
Child plants: 23 child plants

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Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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Location: Nationale Plantentuin Meise (Brussels)
Location: My Garden, Wickford, Essex, UK. 
Date: 2023-05-21
Location: Sussex, UK
Date: Early June 2021
Sometimes the beautiful simplicity of the heritage forms is just
Location: Nationale Plantentuin Meise (Brussels)
Date: 2018-05-16
Location: Zone 6a, Pennsylvania
Date: 2016-05-23
Location: Meise botanical garden
Date: 2022-05-17
Location: Meise botanical garden
Location: Zone 6a, Pennsylvania
Date: 2018-05-17
Beard/haft area detail
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