Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: LeRoy Meininger
Year Of Registration: 2000
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2000
Seedling Number: 91-12
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 30 inches (76 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid Late
Flower Form: Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Gold
Orange
Yellow
Flower Patterns: Blend
Bloom Color Description: Lemon orange sherbet standards, edge pale gold; pale lemon falls with darker veining, edge pale gold
Beard Color: Orange, 1" fuzzy orange sherbet horn usually present
Space Age Beard Appendages: Horns
Style Arm Color: Lemon orange sherbet, darker midrib
Fragrance: Slight
Sweet
Awards: Honorable Mention: 2004

General Plant Information (Edit)
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Soil pH Preferences: Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Slightly alkaline (7.4 – 7.8)
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 3 -40 °C (-40 °F) to -37.2 °C (-35)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 9b
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Underground structures: Rhizome
Propagation: Seeds: Will not come true from seed
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Ploidy: Tetraploid
Parentage: Skating Party X -- Almond Parfait or Moon Mistress
Child plants: 13 child plants

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Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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Location: Photo by Carol Bacskai; zone 5b, Yorkville, IL
Date: 2023-05-24
Location: Russia, Krasnodarskij Kraj
Date: 2020-05-15
Location: Russia, Krasnodarskij Kraj
Date: 2020-05-19
Location: Sussex, UK
Date: early May 2019.
A bright cheerful space-age that flowers abundantly.
Location: Switzerland, in my garden
Date: 2017-05-23
Location: Yorkville, IL
Date: 2020-05-24
Location: Yorkville, IL
Date: 2020-05-25
Location: Sussex, UK
Date: early May 2019.
A bright cheerful space-age that flowers abundantly
Location: Vacaville, CA
Date: 2010-04-28
Photo courtesy of Pleasants Valley Iris Farm, www.irisfarmer.com
Location: Yorkville, IL
Date: 2020-05-28
Location: Switzerland, in my garden
Date: 2017-05-23
Location: Michigan-my garden
Date: May 30, 2017
Location: Michigan-my garden
Date: 2018-06-02
Photo by Lbsmitty
Location: Northern Germany
Date: 2008-05-26
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Location: Northern Germany
Date: 2008-05-26
SANYO DIGITAL CAMERA

Photo courtesy of Williamson Farm Flowers

Photo courtesy of Blue J Iris. Used with permission.
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