Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Tom Burseen
Year Of Registration: 1991
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1992
Seedling Number: 8-499A
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 36 inches (91 cm)
Bloom Season: Early Mid
Bloom Color Description: Blended light grape standards; cream falls, heavily stippled, washed and streaked grape
Beard Color: Gold
Fragrance: Spicy

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: 4-85B: (Pencil Sketch x Barletta) X 6-107A: ((Pencil Sketch x Pinwheel) x (Theatre x Dazzling Gold))
Child plants: 5 child plants

Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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