Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: George Sutton
Year Of Registration: 2009
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2010
Seedling Number: U-740
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 37 inches (94 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid Late
Flower Form: Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Wine
Yellow
Bloom Color Description: Chinese yellow standards; beetroot purple falls, chinese yellow and beetroot burst pattern
Beard Color: Orange
Style Arm Color: Chinese yellow
Fragrance: Slight
Sweet
Awards: Honorable Mention: 2012
Award of Merit: 2016

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: Tropical Delight X Snowed In

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Common names
  • Iris
  • Tall Bearded Iris

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Location: Santa Clara, CA
Date: 2017-04-15
Location: Indiana
Date: May
Doctor Who tall bearded iris
Location: my garden, Puget Sound area, WA
Date: 2019-05-17
taken during a break in the rain
Location: Cisco, Tx 
Date: 2021-04-13
Location: Santa Cruz Mountains, California
Date: 2020-04-29
Location: Santa Cruz Mountains, California
Date: 2017-04-23
Location: Durham, NC
Date: 2016-04-29

Photo courtesy of Sutton's Iris Gardens
Location: Durham, NC
Date: 2016-05-29
Comments:
  • Posted by diggit (southeast Indiana - Zone 6a) on May 17, 2013 8:31 AM concerning plant:
    Grows really well and multiplies well in Indiana.

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