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Hardiness Zones 4-8 for most varieties, Some cultivars tolerate colder, others tolerate warmer zones (please comment in comment box with your location if this cultivar grows well in zone 3, 4, 9, or 10.) |
Exposure Prefers full sun for optimal performance, may still bloom in half-day shade |
Water: Prefers well drained good garden soil, Tolerant of dry conditions in established plants, Intolerant of swampy conditions. |
PH Prefers Neutral to basic solis 6.1 to 8.5, quite toleranr of more extreme conditions |
Fertilizer Prefers rich conditions on relatively inorganic soils. |
FURTHER CULTURAL INFORMATION Here |
I | Attachment | Action | Size | Date | Who | Comment |
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jpg | BHP_7024-X2_pleasant_surprise.jpg | manage | 185 K | 12 Feb 2016 - 04:05 | BrockHeilman | Please contact Brock Heilman for image use. |
jpg | Pleasant-SurpriseNN.jpg | manage | 31 K | 09 Nov 2011 - 19:19 | Main.Betsy881 | Photo by Nola's Iris Garden |
jpg | PleasantSurprise02.jpg | manage | 59 K | 22 Apr 2014 - 18:54 | Main.TLaurin | Photo by Igor Khorosh,Ukraine |
jpg | PleasantSurpriseSm.jpg | manage | 36 K | 28 Nov 2010 - 20:34 | ColleenModra | Colleen Modra Photo |
jpg | PleasantSurprise_by_JanLauritzen.jpg | manage | 76 K | 16 Feb 2012 - 19:52 | Main.janlauritzen | taken at the AIS Portland National in 2006 |
jpg | pleasantsurprise01.jpg | manage | 77 K | 08 Nov 2014 - 21:56 | Main.TLaurin | Photo by Country Delight Iris |
jpg | pleasantsurprise02.jpg | manage | 118 K | 23 Oct 2015 - 21:45 | Main.TLaurin | Photo by Barry Blyth-Australia |
JPG | pleasantsurprise5.JPG | manage | 60 K | 03 Jun 2013 - 02:22 | Main.TLaurin | Photo by Tara Perennial Farm, Tara, ON Canada z5a |
jpg | pleasantsurprise5.jpg | manage | 46 K | 06 Apr 2013 - 20:19 | Main.TLaurin | Photo by Country Delight Iris |
jpg | pleasantsurprise7.jpg | manage | 90 K | 27 Mar 2023 - 02:13 | Main.TLaurin | Photo by Alain Chapelle-Jardin d'Iris de Bubry-France |
JPG | pleasantsurprise9.JPG | manage | 355 K | 12 Jan 2021 - 17:44 | Main.TLaurin | Photo scanned from the 2003 Cooley's Iris Gardens catalogue by Terry Laurin |