Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Michael Sutton
Year Of Registration: 2009
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2010
Seedling Number: U-524-A
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 35 inches (89 cm)
Bloom Season: Early Mid
Rebloom
Rebloom by Zone: Known To Rebloom Zone 9: 20° to 30°
Bloom Color Classification: Orange
Wine
Bloom Color Description: Orange buff standards flushed pink at midribs; ruby red falls veined orange, lighter veining around beards, greyed-orange 1/4" rim
Beard Color: Orange
Style Arm Color: Buff orange
Fragrance: Slight
Musky
Awards: Honorable Mention: 2012
Award of Merit: 2014
John C. Wister Medal: 2018
Dykes Memorial Medal: 2019

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: S-702-A: (Connie Sue x Let's Boogie) X R-687-A: (Return Address x Tropical Delight)
Child plants: 30 child plants

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Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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Photo by Neela
Location: Cottonwood, CA
Date: 2023-04-26
Location: Frannie's Iris Garden, Elk Grove, CA
Date: 2016-03-21

Date: 2022-05-13
Photo by Neela
Location: Philo, California
Date: 2022-05-05
Location: Superstition Iris Gardens - Cathey's Valley, CA
Date: April 18, 2015
Location: Cottonwood, CA
Date: 2023-04-26

Date: 2014-04-27
Location: Home garden
Date: 2018-05-03
Photo by iciris
Location: My garden
Date: 2020-05-17
Location: Philo, California
Date: 2022-05-15
Location: Philo, California
Date: 2020-04-21
OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA
Location: My garden
Date: 2020-05-23

Photo courtesy of Sutton's Iris Gardens
Location: Menton, France
Date: 2017-04-16
Photo by Neela
Location: Cisco, Tx 
Date: 2020-03-30
Location: Photo by Carol Bacskai; zone 5b, Yorkville, IL
Date: 2023-05-25

Date: 2014-04-23
Location: Lincoln NE zone 5
Date: 2018-05-22
Location: Photo by Carol Bacskai; zone 5b, Yorkville, IL
Date: 2023-05-27
Location: Cisco, Tx 
Date: 2020-03-30
Location: Philo, California
Date: 2019-05-06
Location: Menton, France
Date: April 16 2017
Location: Russia, Krasnodarskij Kraj
Date: 2021-05-22

Date: 2014-04-23
Location: Schreiners Gardens
Date: 2012-06-04
Location: Mid-America Gardens, Salem, Oregon
Date: 2016-05-05
Amazing in person, aptly named
Location: My garden
Date: 2020-05-23
Location: Winterberry Iris Garden, Cross Junction, VA
Date: May 2012
The colors really glowed on this one.
Location: Santa Cruz Mountains, California
Date: 2020-04-29
Bottle Rocket (Sutton '10)
Photo by MaryDurtschi
Location: Catheys Valley CA
Photo courtesy of Superstition Iris Gardens, posted with permissi
Location: Lincoln NE zone 5
Date: 2021-05-12
Location: Foothills of the Sierras, California
Date: 2023-06-02
Photo taken around 9 a.m. in the shade.
Location: My garden
Date: 2020-05-15
Second year, first bloom.
Photo by Neela

Photo courtesy of Sutton's Iris Gardens
  • Uploaded by Joy
Location: Mid-America Gardens, Salem, Oregon
Date: 2016-05-05
Location: Whitesboro, TX
Date: 2017-05-25
Image courtesy of The Shady Spot Iris. All rights reserved.
Location: Whitesboro, TX
Date: 2017-05-25
Image courtesy of The Shady Spot Iris. All rights reserved.
Location: At Napa Iris Gardens
Date: 2014-04-26

Photo courtesy of Stout Gardens

Date: 2013-12-15
Photo courtesy of Napa Country Iris Garden
Photo by MaryDurtschi
Photo by MaryDurtschi
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