Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Tom Parkhill
Year Of Registration: 2004
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2005
Seedling Number: 95-901
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 35 inches (89 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Flower Form: Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Orange
Flower Patterns: Self
Bloom Color Description: Orange
Beard Color: Deep orange red
Fragrance: Slight
Awards: Honorable Mention: 2009

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
Fragrant
Underground structures: Rhizome
Propagation: Seeds: Will not come true from seed
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Ploidy: Tetraploid
Parentage: Hindenburg X Good Show

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Common names
  • Iris
  • Tall Bearded Iris

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Location: Knoxville, Tennessee 
Date: 5/6/2021
Tom Parkhill’s “Tennessee Pride” first bloom
Location: Zone 7 Knoxville
Date: 2017-05-03

Photo courtesy of Blue J Iris. Used with permission.

Photo courtesy of Stout Gardens

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