Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Michael Sutton
Year Of Registration: 2011
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2012
Seedling Number: W-187-A
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 36 inches (91 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Mid Late
Late
Rebloom
Flower Form: Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Wine
Yellow
Flower Patterns: Emma Cook
Bloom Color Description: White standards, flushed and veined butter yellow; falls have yellow shoulders, white area around beards blending into marbled purple, red violet and yellow, pale blue violet edge
Beard Color: Yellow
Style Arm Color: White, butter yellow crests
Fragrance: Pronounced
Sweet

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-1717-A: (Conjuration x Connie Sue) X Mountain Sunrise

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Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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Location: Radford Virginia
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