Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Barry Blyth
Year Of Registration: 1986
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1986
Seedling Number: R22-1
Classification: Border Bearded (BB)
Registered Height: 25 inches (64 cm)
Bloom Season: Early Mid
Bloom Color Classification: Copper/Brown
Cream
White
Flower Patterns: Plicata
Bloom Color Description: Rosy brown standards; cream falls, 3/8" edge stitched rosy brown, small white area around beards
Beard Color: Gold

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: Keppel 74-42C: (71-12D: (68-5A: ((Henna Stitches x (Maricopa x Chinquapin)) x Montage) x Roundup) x 71-12C) X Show Biz

Common names
  • Border Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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