Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Chet Tompkins
Year Of Registration: 1997
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1997
Seedling Number: 93-78
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 39 inches (99 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid Late
Flower Form: Fluted
Bloom Color Classification: White
Yellow
Bloom Color Description: White standards, flushed and edged lemon; white falls, deep lemon gold haft and edge, petal reverse chrome yellow
Beard Color: Deep chrome
Style Arm Color: White, tinted lemon

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: (Majestic Moonlight x ((Royal Gold x Tinsel Town) x Ovation)) X (Elegant Era x Majestic Moonlight)
Child plants: one child plant

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  • Tall Bearded Iris
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