Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Bernard Hamner by Shepard Iris Garden
Year Of Registration: 1993
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1993
Seedling Number: 84-44
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 38 inches (97 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Bloom Color Classification: Peach
Purple
Yellow
Bloom Color Description: Lemon yellow standards; dark apricot falls, paling to light apricot, dark purple center stripe and purple veining
Beard Color: Orange
Foliage: Purple Based

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: (Hamner 75-11 x Peach Sundae) X amoena sdlgs
Child plants: 27 child plants

Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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