Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: L. Roach
Year Of Registration: 1969
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1971
Seedling Number: 67-20A
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 36 inches (91 cm)
Bloom Season: Early Mid
Bloom Color Classification: Green
Bloom Color Description: Uranium green standards; sap green fallls, blush at haft
Beard Color: Mustard, tipped blue
Awards: Honorable Mention: 1972
Award of Merit: 1975

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
Underground structures: Rhizome
Propagation: Seeds: Will not come true from seed
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Ploidy: Tetraploid
Parentage: 64-49: (Clancy x Mixed Emotions) x ((White Ruffles x Yussuf) x Burnt Cork)) X 63-20A: (Exotic Blue x (((Char-Maize x ((Alta California x Indian Chief) x Lucre)) x Clancy)))
Child plants: 11 child plants

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Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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Location: Las Cruces, NM
Date: 2018-04-26
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Location: Las Cruces, NM
Date: 2021-04-24
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Location: Whitesboro, TX
Date: 2017-05-23
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