Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Tom Burseen
Year Of Registration: 2006
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2007
Seedling Number: 02-81A
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 36 inches (91 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid Late
Flower Form: Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Cream
Green
White
Flower Patterns: Blend
Bloom Color Description: Cream white standards blended light chartreuse green; white falls, tuscan yellow hafts and undersides
Beard Color: White, tangerine at end, large spoons
Space Age Beard Appendages: Spoons
Style Arm Color: Cream
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: Romancer X A-57: (97-543: (95-165: (Open Arms x Thornbird) x 95-81: (Double Trouble x Mesmerizer)) x Planet Janet)
Child plants: 9 child plants

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Common names
  • Iris
  • Tall Bearded Iris

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Location: Photo by Carol Bacskai; zone 5b, Yorkville, IL
Date: 2022-05-28
Location: Saratoga, CA
Date: 2019-04-25
Location: Durham, NC
Date: April, 2015
Location: Photo by Carol Bacskai; zone 5b, Yorkville, IL
Date: 2021-05-23
Location: Durham, NC
Date: 2017-04-17
In full sun.
Location: Durham, NC
Date: April, 2015
Location: Growing at www.das IrisFeld.ch in Oetlishausen, Switzerland
Date: 2020-08-05
Location: Durham, NC
Date: April, 2015
Closeup of spoon
Location: San Antonio, Texas
Date: 2021-04-23
love this space ager
Location: San Antonio, Texas
Date: 2020 April
Burseen hybrid from Stout Gardens
Location: Whitesboro, TX
Image courtesy of The Shady Spot Iris 2017

Photo courtesy of Stout Gardens

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