Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Opal Brown
Year Of Registration: 1961
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1963
Seedling Number: 9-5A7
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 37 inches (94 cm)
Bloom Season: Early
Early Mid
Mid
Bloom Color Classification: White
Flower Patterns: Self
Bloom Color Description: White
Beard Color: White
Awards: Honorable Mention: 1964
Award of Merit: 1966
Dykes Memorial Medal: 1967
Other: High Commendation 1961, Clara Rees Cup 1966, Nelson Award 1969

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
Ploidy: Tetraploid
Parentage: Poet's Dream X Eleanor's Pride
Child plants: 149 child plants

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Location: My Garden, Wickford, Essex, UK. 
Date: 2023-05-15
Location: Sussex, UK
Date: early June 2019
One of the most beautiful whites in my opinion.
Location: Sass Memorial Garden near Ashland, Nebraska
Date: 2011-05-12
Location: Whitesboro, TX
Date: 2017-05-23
Image courtesy of The Shady Spot Iris. All rights reserved.
Location: Mount Enterprise, Texas
Date: 2024-04-11
Location: Vaughan, ON, Canada (Zone 5b)
Date: 2008-06-14
Location: Sass Memorial Garden near Ashland, NE
Date: 2011-05-12
Location: Sass Memorial Garden near Ashland, Nebraska
Date: 2010-05-17
Location: Weiser, ID
Date: 2015 season

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Location: Sass Memorial Garden near Ashland, Nebraska
Date: 2010-05-17

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Location: Front iris garden
Date: 2015-05-17
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