Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Bob Bauer/John Coble
Year Of Registration: 1999
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1999
Seedling Number: S93B-4
Classification: Siberian
Registered Height: 40 inches (102 cm)
Bloom Season: Very Early
Bloom Color Classification: Blue
Light blue
Bloom Color Description: Light blue standards; medium blue falls, darker veins, light blue petal edges, white blaze
Style Arm Color: Pallid blue
Awards: Honorable Mention: 2004
Award of Merit: 2007

General Plant Information (Edit)
Life cycle: Perennial
Flowers: Showy
Ploidy: Diploid
Parentage: Springs Brook X I. typhifolia
Child plants: 2 child plants

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Common names
  • Iris
  • Siberian Iris

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Location: z6a MA, my garden
Date: 2015-05-25
Location: Clinton, Michigan 49236
Date: 2024-05-14
Iris sibirica 'China Spring' 24W20 32mo sib G4 (Bauer/Coble 1999)
Location: Clinton, Michigan 49236
Date: 2024-05-14
Iris sibirica 'China Spring' 24W20 32mo sib G4 (Bauer/Coble 1999)
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Location: z6a MA, my garden
Date: 2014-05-31

photo by Kathy Puckett, used with permission
Location: z6a MA, my garden
Date: 2015-06-22
Unexpected repeat bloom much taller than in late May (notice the
Uploaded by PollyK

Date: May 25, 2011 12:54 PM

Date: 2009-02-26
Location: Central Ohio, zone 5/6
Date: May 2004
© Shagbark Daylilies

Photo Courtesy of Homestead Farms Nursery. Used with Permission.
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Comments:
  • Posted by Newyorkrita (North Shore, Long Island, NY ) on Sep 7, 2013 7:48 PM concerning plant:
    China Spring is always the very first of my Siberian Irises to bloom. It has increased to a very nice-sized clump from only a few fans planted three years ago.
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