Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Michael Sutton
Year Of Registration: 2008
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2009
Seedling Number: S-4111-A
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 35 inches (89 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Mid Late
Late
Very Late
Flower Form: Laced
Bloom Color Classification: Rose
Yellow
Flower Patterns: Bicolor
Bloom Color Description: Primrose yellow standards; magnolia purple falls veined chartreuse, lighter edge, yellow shoulders and throat
Beard Color: Yellow orange, fuzzy magnolia-purple horns
Space Age Beard Appendages: Horns
Style Arm Color: Yellow
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: Cover Page X Tropical Delight
Child plants: 3 child plants

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Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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Location: Home garden
Date: 2020-05-14
Location: Welshpool, Wales
Date: 2020-07-05
Image courtesy of Lynn Owen.  All rights reserved.
Location: Russia, Krasnodarskij Kraj
Date: 2020-05-25
Location: Jones OK,
Date: April 2015
Good Point
Location: Jones OK,
Date: April 2015
Good Point

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