Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: George Sutton
Year Of Registration: 2011
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2012
Seedling Number: W-252
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 36 inches (91 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Mid Late
Late
Flower Form: Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: White
Yellow
Bloom Color Description: Sulphur yellow, white area radiating out from beards
Beard Color: Yellow with fuzzy yellow horns
Space Age Beard Appendages: Horns
Style Arm Color: Sulphur yellow
Fragrance: Slight
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: Bride's Blush X Q616: (Dark Passion x Midnight Thunder)

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Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

Photo Gallery
Location: zone 10a socal
Date: 2018-06-21
close-up showing horns
Location: zone 10a socal
Date: 2023-01-19
not the best photo of form, but tried to show long spoons.
Location: my yard
Location: Jones OK,
Date: May 2015
Carpe Diem
Location: Camilla S/W GA.
Date: 04-19-22
Location: zone 10a socal
Date: 2023-04-14
beard with horns
Location: zone 10a socal
Date: 2023-04-14
beard with fringe
Location: zone 10a socal
Date: 2023-01-19
beard with spoon/flounce

Photo courtesy of Sutton's Iris Gardens

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