Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Tom Burseen
Year Of Registration: 2008
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2009
Seedling Number: 03-310A
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 36 inches (91 cm)
Bloom Season: Early Mid
Flower Form: Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Tan
Copper/Brown
Cream
Bloom Color Description: Cream yellow standards washed methyl violet at edges; mexican tan falls washed yellow buff toward edges, hafts washed brown, white striations around beards
Beard Color: Dark purple, large mexican tan flounces washed buff yellow at edges
Space Age Beard Appendages: Flounces
Fragrance: Musky
Awards: Honorable Mention: 2012

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: 00-406: (98-690: (95-4: (92-10: (Eyes Right x 90-33: (87-77: (Somsee Somsigh x Bronze Sculpture) x 88-463: (86-164: (83-329: (Curtain Call x Galen) x 84-160: (Porta Villa x Risque)) x 86-17: (84-32: (Holiday Spain x Porta Villa) x Mandolin)))) x Godsend) x 95-350: (Pagan Pink x Filibuster)) x 97-379: (94-63: (Mauvelous x Schubertiad) x 94-115: (Amelia's Orchid x Pagan Pink))) X 00-368: ( 98-185: (95-427: (93-178: (Orange Blotter x Thornbird) x 93-156: (Stingray x Thornbird)) x Armadillo Run) x 97-1210: (95-330: (92-24: (Best Bet x Magician's Apprentice) x 93-228: (Thornbird x He Man)) x 94-379: (Miss Piggy x Pass the Shades)))
Child plants: one child plant

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Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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Location: Durham, NC
Date: May, 2015
Location: Durham, NC
Date: May, 2015
Large bloom, well developed spoons
Location: Durham, NC
Date: May, 2015
Close-up of spoon, this bloom had a horn too!

Photo courtesy of Stout Gardens
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