Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Pat Otterness
Year Of Registration: 2002
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2003
Seedling Number: A-73
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 36 inches (91 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid Late
Flower Form: Ruffled
Laced
Bloom Color Description: Pale yellow standards; violet fall centers gradually paling toward 1/3" pale yellow edge, shoulders lemon yellow veined brown, reverse pale yellow
Beard Color: Golden yellow
Style Arm Color: Pale yellow crests, violet lip
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: Colette Thurillet X Quite the Reverse

Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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