Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Opal Brown
Year Of Registration: 1970
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1970
Seedling Number: 66-171
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 38 inches (97 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Flower Patterns: Blend
Bloom Color Description: Light amaranth rose standards, blending to flesh at outer edges; champagne falls, brushed lavender rose, deeper on shoulders, copper lustre over all
Beard Color: Burnt orange
Awards: Honorable Mention: 1971

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: 64-102: (Grandiflora x (pink sdlg x (Fashionette x Melodrama))) X (Pipes of Pan x ruby red sdlg. 8-21B5)
Child plants: 19 child plants

Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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