Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Joseph Ghio
Year Of Registration: 1971
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1973
Seedling Number: 68-78T
Classification: Border Bearded (BB)
Registered Height: 20 inches (51 cm)
Bloom Season: Early Mid
Bloom Color Classification: Gold
Wine
Bloom Color Description: Old gold, purple spot on falls
Beard Color: Brown
Awards: Honorable Mention: 1974

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 8b
Flowers: Showy
Underground structures: Rhizome
Propagation: Seeds: Will not come true from seed
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Ploidy: Tetraploid
Parentage: Jungle Shadows X 65-152E: (Commentary x Greenlee G-8: (Native Dancer x "Pink Blue": (pink sdlg. x Darby sdlg: (Sharkskin x I. balkana))))

Common names
  • Border Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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