Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Keith Keppel
Year Of Registration: 1990
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1991
Seedling Number: 84-93A
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 34 inches (86 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Bloom Color Classification: Wine
Yellow
Flower Patterns: Plicata
Bloom Color Description: Sunflower yellow standards; citron yellow falls, 1/16" clear margin, remainder dot washed garnet brown to peony red forming almost solid rayed pattern
Beard Color: Cadmium yellow

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: 82-42F: (78-79E: (Rancho Rose x 75-98B: (71-12C: (68-5A: ((Henna Stitches x (Maricopa x Chinquapin)) x Montage) x Roundup) x 71-41 F: ((Montage x April Melody) x April Melody))) x Rustic Dance) X 79-102C: (72-34A: (((Wild Ginger x Siva Siva) x (((Gene Wild x Majorette) x Rococo) x (Siva Siva x Diplomacy))) x (66-24A: ((Taholah x (Gene Wild x Majorette)) x (Siva Siva x Diplomacy)) x (High Life x 66-24H))) x Broadway)
Child plants: 12 child plants

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Location: Sussex, UK
Date: late May 2020
Location: Sussex, UK
Date: late May 2020

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