Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Paul Black
Year Of Registration: 2011
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2012
Seedling Number: Q26B
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 34 inches (86 cm)
Bloom Season: Early
Early Mid
Mid
Mid Late
Late
Flower Form: Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Gold
Peach
Yellow
Flower Patterns: Blend
Bloom Color Description: Light yellow standards blended peach center; tan gold falls, slightly darker hafts
Beard Color: Red orange
Style Arm Color: Gold peach
Fragrance: Pronounced
Sweet

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: Bundle of Love X Abbondanza
Child plants: 4 child plants

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Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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Location: Cawston, BC
Date: 2023-05-26
From Hillside Irises
Location: Cawston, BC
Date: 2023-05-26
From Hillside Irises
Location: Mid-America Gardens
Date: 2015-05-13
Location: Mid-America Gardens
Date: 2015-05-13
Location: Radford Virginia
Date: 2021-05-19
Very good increase with this one.
Location: Mid America Gardens
Date: 2012-05-31
Location: Mid-America Gardens, Salem, Oregon
Date: 2016-05-05

Photo courtesy of Mid-America Garden

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