Hybridizer's comment: I have heard that some people don't know what a sunshine lady is. We had one in the Fort Worth Iris Society, whose job was to send out get well cards, birthday cards, sympathy cards. I wanted to name the iris for a particular sunshine lady from the FWIS, but she was too modest to have her name used so I just settled on 'Sunshine Lady.' [Walter Moores - 08 Jan 2010]. |
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 | SUNSHINELADY01.JPG | manage | 48 K | 05 Apr 2015 - 01:53 | Main.TLaurin | Photo by Aitken's Salmon Creek Garden |
jpg | SUNSHINELADY01.jpg | manage | 47 K | 11 Aug 2014 - 21:42 | Main.TLaurin | Photo by Malevil Iris Gardens |
JPG | SUNSHINE_LADY_(Moores_2005).JPG | manage | 340 K | 16 Aug 2016 - 18:46 | PerryDyer | |
JPG | SUNSHINE_LADY_(Moores_2005)_(2).JPG | manage | 416 K | 16 Aug 2016 - 18:46 | PerryDyer | |
jpg | SunshineLady_by_JanLauritzen.jpg | manage | 69 K | 17 Feb 2012 - 01:22 | Main.janlauritzen | taken at the AIS Portland National in 2006 |
jpg | SunshineLady_sup.jpg | manage | 46 K | 13 Jan 2010 - 21:41 | MichaelGreenfield | Photo by Richard Tasco |
jpg | Sunshine_Ladyw.jpg | manage | 19 K | 07 Jan 2010 - 15:29 | MichaelGreenfield | Photo by Walter Moores |
jpg | Sunshine_Ladyw2.jpg | manage | 46 K | 07 Jan 2010 - 15:30 | MichaelGreenfield | Photo by Mike Greenfield |
jpg | suneshinelady01.jpg | manage | 54 K | 24 Dec 2014 - 12:59 | Main.TLaurin | Photo By Steve Sayers-Magic Valley Iris Society |
jpg | sunshinelady7.jpg | manage | 69 K | 14 Nov 2013 - 16:31 | Main.TLaurin | Photo by Alain Chapelle-Jardin d'Iris de Bubry-France |
jpg | sunshineladySPI.jpg | manage | 60 K | 17 Apr 2010 - 00:48 | Main.mshadow | Picture by Snowpeak Iris |
jpg | sunshinelady_moore.jpg | manage | 69 K | 13 Jan 2010 - 13:16 | Main.avmoran |