Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Barr & Sons
Year Of Registration: introduced prior to registration system
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1900
Classification: Siberian
Bloom Color Classification: White

General Plant Information (Edit)
Life cycle: Perennial
Flowers: Showy
Ploidy: Diploid
Parentage: Collected Iris sanguinea by Barr in Japan in 1900
Child plants: 14 child plants

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Common names
  • Siberian Iris
  • Iris

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Location: Nora's Garden - Castlegar, B.C.
Date: 2016-05-31
 5:17 pm. Buds slowly unfurling.
Location: Nora's Garden - Castlegar, B.C.
Date: 2016-06-02
 10:57 am. Snow Queen makes a showy statement.
Location: Riverview, Robson, B.C.
Date: 2006-06-02
 5:48 pm. Snow white with yellow hafts, and very stately.
Location: Bilzen, Belgium
Date: May 30th 2015
Location: RHS Harlow Carr gardens, Yorkshire, England UK 
Date: 2017-06-18
Iris Snow Queen
Location: Nora's Garden - Castlegar, B.C.
Date: 2018-06-07
#Pollination - A bumblebee is hugging Snow Queen.
Location: Nora's Garden - Castlegar, B.C.
Date: 2016-10-19
 1:38 pm.  All through the summer and way into the fall, the leav
Location: RHS Harlow Carr, Yorkshire, UK
Date: 2017-06-03
Uploaded by crowrita1
Location: RHS Harlow Carr, Yorkshire, UK
Date: 2017-06-03

Date: c. 1931
photo from the 1931 catalog, Weeds Gardens, Beaverton, Oregon
Location: Zone 5b, Chicago suburbs
Date: June 1, 2021

Photo Courtesy of Tranquil Lake Nursery. Used with Permission
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