Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Roger Nelson
Year Of Registration: 1983
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1985
Seedling Number: RN 78-19G
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 32 inches (81 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Bloom Color Description: Warm white standards, veined and shot through midrib and lightly edged smooth lemon yellow; warm white falls, hafts flushed lemon yellow extending halfway down sides of beards, lemon yellow reverse
Beard Color: Lemon yellow, tipped orange
Fragrance: Pronounced
Sweet

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: RN 76-24A: ((Maiden Voyage x Crystal Blaze) x Silver Shower) X Chartreuse Ruffles

Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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