Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Barry Blyth
Year Of Registration: 2007
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2007
Seedling Number: N37-8
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 40 inches (102 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid Late
Flower Form: Bubble Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Peach
Violet
Flower Patterns: Dark Top
Bloom Color Description: Pink standards, heavy violet blush toward midrib; falls blended soft salmon and pastel pink
Beard Color: Tangerine orange
Fragrance: Pronounced
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: Romancer X Opposing Forces
Child plants: one child plant

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Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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Location: My Garden in Janesville, WI
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TB Iris Lunch In Madrid
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Photo courtesy of Iris Sisters Farm, used with permission
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Date: 2023-06-05
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Photo courtesy of Stout Gardens

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