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Hybridizer: Marty Schafer/Jan Sacks
Year Of Registration: 2009
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2009
Seedling Number: S02-9-10
Classification: Siberian
Registered Height: 30 inches (76 cm)
Bloom Season: Early
Bloom Color Classification: Orchid
Gold
Bloom Color Description: Lavender standards, darker dappling; pinkish brown gold falls, red purple speckles overall, brighter gold stitching on edges, large bright yellow signals veined pinkish brown gold
Style Arm Color: Pale gold, pearly pale lavender area between midrib and yellow edge
Fragrance: Pronounced
Sweet
Awards: Honorable Mention: 2012
Award of Merit: 2014
Morgan-Wood Medal: 2016
Franklin Cook Memorial Cup: 2011
Fred and Barbara Walther Cup: 2012

General Plant Information (Edit)
Life cycle: Perennial
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Ploidy: Diploid
Parentage: S99-43-10: (S96-45-1: (S92-75-15: (S89-16-1: (Reprise x Mad Magenta) x S89-9-2: (Isabelle x Silver Illusion)) x Tom Schaefer) x S96-40-3: (S93-28-1: (S86-3-2: (Butter and Sugar x Percheron) x Hello Yellow) x Tom Schaefer)) X S99-31-10: (S96-40-3: (Book of Secrets x Sarah Tiffney) x S96-22-06: (Sarah Tiffney x Enid Burgoyne))

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Common names
  • Siberian Iris
  • Iris

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Date: 2009-01-30
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Date: 2009-01-30
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