Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Paul Black
Year Of Registration: 2011
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2012
Seedling Number: P222A
Classification: Border Bearded (BB)
Registered Height: 27 inches (69 cm)
Bloom Season: Early
Early Mid
Mid
Flower Form: Bubble Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Orange
Wine
Flower Patterns: Plicata
Bloom Color Description: Bright apricot orange standards; slightly lighter apricot orange falls, white haft, washed and sanded overall apricot orange, outer 2/3 washed and marbled garnet, 1/2" band of apricot orange
Beard Color: Orange
Style Arm Color: Bright apricot orange
Fragrance: Slight
Spicy
Awards: Honorable Mention: 2014
Award of Merit: 2017

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 8b
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Underground structures: Rhizome
Propagation: Seeds: Will not come true from seed
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Ploidy: Tetraploid
Parentage: Blyth 31-3: (Ring Around Rosie x Keppel 99-193A: (Blyth F189-1: (Natural Grace x Poetess) x H67-1: (F147-1: (Mind's Eye x D61-1: (A63-1: (Dance Man x Rembrandt Magic) x Bygone Era)) x F232-1: (Dragon's Fancy x Yes)))) X Drama Queen
Child plants: 3 child plants

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Common names
  • Border Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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This was the hybrid that convinced me to stop being fixated on on
Photo by Neela
Location: Kingsport, TN
Date: 2019-04-28
Location: Mid-America Garden
Date: 2011-05-23
Location: Washington 8b
Date: 2019-05-16
Location: Willamette Valley, Oregon 
Date: 2015-05-06
Location: My garden in southeast Nebraska
Date: 2014-05-26
Location: San Rafael, CA
Date: 2020-04-25
Worthy of being a Dykes winner, gorgeous blooms, good stalks and
Location: San Rafael, CA
Date: 2020-04-19
Location: Presby Memorial Iris Garden (AIS 2016)
Date: 2016-05-26
Photo by MaryDurtschi
Location: Washington
Date: 2016-05-14
Location: San Rafael, CA
Date: 2020-04-19
Location: Mt. Pleasant Iris Farm, Washougal, Washington
Date: 2015-05-23
AIS National Convention, Portland, OR--Iris in Wonderland 2015
Location: My garden in southeast Nebraska
Date: 2014-05-26
Photo by Neela
Location: My garden in Bakersfield, CA
Date: 2013-04-17
Location: My garden in southeast Nebraska
Date: 2013-05-26
Location: My garden in southeast Nebraska
Date: 2014-05-17
Location: My garden in southeast Nebraska
Date: 2014-05-23
Photo by MaryDurtschi
Location: My garden in southeast Nebraska
Date: 2013-05-26
Location: My garden in Bakersfield, CA
Date: 2013-04-16
Photo by MaryDurtschi
Location: Mid America Gardens
Date: 2012-06-04
Location: Willamette Valley Oregon
Date: 2014-05-05
Location: Willamette Valley, Oregon 
Date: 2015-05-03
Location: My garden in Bakersfield, CA
Date: 2013-04-16
Location: My garden in Bakersfield, CA
Date: 2013-04-17

Photo courtesy of Mid-America Garden
Comments:
  • Posted by KentPfeiffer (Southeast Nebraska - Zone 5b) on Mar 1, 2015 3:46 PM concerning plant:
    The brightest orange ground I've seen on a plicata. Its flowers are fairly large for a border bearded iris.

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