Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Barry Blyth
Year Of Registration: 2009
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2010
Seedling Number: O71-A
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 35 inches (89 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid Late
Flower Form: Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Peach
Wine
Flower Patterns: Bicolor
Bloom Color Description: Apricot bisque standards; red purple falls, lighter blended "V" of white veins beside beards
Beard Color: Bronze tangerine
Fragrance: Slight
Musky

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: Keppel 98-173D: (Balderdash x Starring) X Hold My Hand
Child plants: one child plant

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  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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Location: Russia, Krasnodarskij Kraj
Date: 2019-05-19
Location: Russia, Krasnodarskij Kraj
Date: 2019-05-19

Date: 2014-04-24
Location: Beaumont Ridge Iris Gardens
Date: May 11th 2017
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Location: Iowa
Location: Iowa
Date: 2013-05-29
Location: Mid America Gardens
Date: 2012-06-04
Location: Whitesboro, TX
Image courtesy of The Shady Spot Iris. All rights reserved.
Location: Mid America Gardens
Date: 2012-06-02
Location: Catheys Valley CA
Photo courtesy of Superstition Iris Gardens, posted with permissi
Location: Whitesboro, TX
Date: 2017-06-08
Image courtesy of The Shady Spot Iris. All rights reserved.

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Location: Whitesboro, TX
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