Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Frederick Kerr
Year Of Registration: 2011
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2012
Seedling Number: 05-035-2
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 30 inches (76 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Bloom Color Classification: Copper/Brown
Yellow
Flower Patterns: Emma Cook
Bloom Color Description: Dark dresden yellow standards; white falls, sulfur yellow from hafts to below beards, wide chocolate brown band around petal
Beard Color: Mimosa yellow
Style Arm Color: Dark dresden yellow

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
Underground structures: Rhizome
Propagation: Seeds: Will not come true from seed
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Ploidy: Tetraploid
Parentage: 03-025: (01-040A: (Dazzling Jewel x 99-023A: (97-003C: (Astrid Cayeux x Christiana Baker) x Schreiner EE-203A)) x 00-168A: (95-005C: (90-073A: (Neptune Lanterns x 88-028-1: (Gypsy Woman x Condottiere)) x 88-028-1) x Queens Circle)) X Spring Bliss

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Location: Michigan-my garden
Date: May 29, 2022
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Date: 2019-04-18
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Date: May 29, 2017
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Date: 2015-05-14
Location: Keith Keppel's Garden
Date: 2015-05-14

Photo courtesy of Fred Kerr's Rainbow Acres

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