Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: David Hall
Year Of Registration: 1945
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1945
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Bloom Season: Mid
Bloom Color Classification: Violet
Yellow
Flower Patterns: Blend
Awards: Honorable Mention: 1945
Award of Merit: 1947

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: Maiden Blush X Hall pink seedling
Child plants: 191 child plants

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Location: Switzerland, Merian Gardens Basel
Date: 2017-05-20
Location: Switzerland, in my garden
Date: 2017-05-19
Uploaded by crowrita1
Location: Switzerland, in my garden
Date: 2016-06-03
Uploaded by IrisP
Uploaded by Henhouse
Location: Switzerland, in my garden
Date: 2016-06-03
Location: Switzerland, in my garden
Date: 2016-06-03

Date: c. 1951
photo from the 1951 catalog, Milliken Gardens, Arcadia, Californi
Location: Santa Cruz Mountains, California
Date: 2016-04-27
Chantilly
Location: Aitken's Salmon Creek Garden
Date: 2015-05-23

Date: c. 1950
illustration from the 1950 catalog, Cooley's Gardens, Silverton,

Photo courtesy of Blue J Iris Used with permission.

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