Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Barry Blyth
Year Of Registration: 2007
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2009
Seedling Number: N309-3
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 36 inches (91 cm)
Bloom Season: Early Mid
Flower Form: Bubble Ruffled
Laced
Bloom Color Classification: Wine
Yellow
Bloom Color Description: Light honey butterscotch standards; creamy butterscotch falls, washed light rose burgundy to halfway down petal then fading to nothing, light honey 3/16" edge
Beard Color: Tangerine, burnt cast
Foliage: Purple Based
Fragrance: Slight
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: Swordsman X Decadence
Child plants: 9 child plants

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  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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Date: April 21, 2012
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Date: April 21, 2012
Location: Catheys Valley CA
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Location: At Napa Iris Gardens
Date: 2014-04-26
Location: At Napa Iris Gardens
Date: 2014-04-26

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Date: April 21, 2012
Location: Iowa
Date: 2012-05-01

Date: 2013-04-15
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