Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Tom Craig
Year Of Registration: 1951
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1951
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 40 inches (102 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Bloom Color Classification: Wine
Yellow
Flower Patterns: Plicata
Bloom Color Description: Yellow background sprinkled red
Awards: Honorable Mention: 1954

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: Rich Raiment X Joseph's Mantle
Child plants: 10 child plants

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Location: Santa Cruz Mountains, California
Date: 2023-05-09
Location: My garden
Date: 2019-05-13
First year bloom. First bloom.
Uploaded by crowrita1
Location: Two Litle Acres Concord Mi
Date: 2020-06-12
Location: north central Texas
Date: 2005-04-15
Photo taken on a sunny day in 2005.
Location: Lancaster, CA
Date: 2018-04-21
Location: My garden
Date: 2019-05-24
First year bloom.
Location: My garden
Date: 2019-05-14
Location: Lancaster, CA
Date: Spring 2017
Location: north central Texas
Date: 2004-05-03
Photo taken relatively early on a partially cloudy day in 2004.
Location: Catheys Valley CA
Photo courtesy of Superstition Iris Gardens, posted with permissi

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