I'm not sure ctnchpr because on the box it says crested iris. Before I threw it away I'm pretty sure it said iris cristata though.

FORETELL McGarvey, Dr. William G. Reg. 1969 Sdlg 68 SIB 40 X 28 Chromosome Cross (32" 81 cm) E-M S. light blue with styles about same color; F. yellow stitched with blue lines extending from hafts over most of length of F., yellow color deepens as it approaches haft. Fertile with the 28 chromosome Siberians. /. forrestii clone 2 X (White Swirl x (Gatineau x Caesar's Brother)). Old Brook Gardens 1970 As you will see above Foretell is a species cross but I find in New Zealand it needs Spring moisture up to and including flowering and the water kept up to it during the entire first season whilst it gets itself established but will tolerate moderate summer drought when established.Grows well

The United States is an awfully big place with all sorts of climates and weather. I'm willing to bet all but a few odd and fussy ones could be grown someplace. The bearded iris lineages are so intertwined, outcrossed and linebred and back again unless you have something really old or a genuine species you'd never really be able to say what you have. SIGNA gallery is a good idea. Most of the pictures are contributed from folks in the US with a small smattering of people from Europe. I'll give it a shot Beardeds I'm going lump. I've got one Arilbred, several dwarfs, lots of historics and a few moderns. Most of the bloodlines are probably going to be in there someplace. I've got a species or near species ensata and a few hybrids. iris crisata iris siberica and several cultivars of it Iris versicolor and several cultivars a speicies cross of versicolor and virginica called robusta, maybe two don't remember what the species cross is on one, guess it would be another robusta, charles darby? One lonely little clump of psued that I can easily keep tabs on in the back of a veggie garden I had a couple louisianas at the other house but looks like my husbands stepdaughter's kid has mashed them into oblivion. Between the kid and the dogs looks like most of the landscaping has been mashed or chewed.

They bloom in spring for a week. The flowers are like dutch iris with multiple blooms on a long stalk. I really like them. They are easy to grow and don't require water in the summer. They do go dormant so you need to cut back the leaves and stalk if you don't like looking at yellow leaves. My soil is clay and they are very happy there. They need full sun. I have I.orientalis. It's a white with yellow falls. I can trade for other colors like purple, burgundy.