Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Bonnie Nichols
Year Of Registration: 2001
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2003
Seedling Number: B-8
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 36 inches (91 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid Late
Flower Form: Ruffled
Laced
Bloom Color Classification: Cream
Wine
Flower Patterns: Plicata
Bloom Color Description: Cordovan to beetroot standards, light yellow ground suffusion; cream yellow falls edged cordovan to beetroot, white area at haft
Beard Color: Gold, plum horns
Space Age Beard Appendages: Horns

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: Ruffled Skirts X (Purple Pepper x Rock Star)

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  • Tall Bearded Iris
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