Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: George Sutton
Year Of Registration: 2003
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2004
Seedling Number: L-206
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 36 inches (91 cm)
Bloom Season: Late
Very Late
Flower Form: Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Cream
Bloom Color Description: Light empire yellow standards; light empire yellow falls washed pale absinthe
Beard Color: Pale gold, cream at end, extending as light empire yellow flounce centered absinthe
Space Age Beard Appendages: Flounces
Style Arm Color: Light empire yellow
Awards: Honorable Mention: 2008

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: G-62: (Pagan Pink x Dauber's Delight) X Captivating
Child plants: one child plant

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Location: Russia, Krasnodarskij Kraj
Date: 2018-05-16
Location: Russia, Krasnodarskij Kraj
Date: 2018-05-16
Location: Photo by Carol Bacskai; zone 5b, Yorkville, IL
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Date: 2020-06-01

Date: 2007-06-05
Image courtesy of Blue J Iris

Photo courtesy of Blue J Iris Used with permission.

Photo courtesy of Blue J Iris Used with permission.

Photo courtesy of Sutton's Iris Gardens

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