Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Plough
Year Of Registration: 1956
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1957
Seedling Number: 51-129-3
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 32 inches (81 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Mid Late
Late
Bloom Color Classification: Copper/Brown
Violet
Flower Patterns: Blend
Bloom Color Description: Rich medium golden brown, bright violet glaze below beards
Awards: Honorable Mention: 1957
Award of Merit: 1959

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: (Cascade Splendor x Honeyflow) X Twenty Grand
Child plants: 17 child plants

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Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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Image from 1958 Eden Road catalog.
Location: Southeast Nebraska
Date: 2014-05-25
Taken in my garden, May 2014
Comments:
  • Posted by Duke44 (Overland Park, Kansas) on Jan 21, 2023 12:56 PM concerning plant:
    Caribou Trail along with its sibling Butterscotch Kiss were very popular in the late 1950's and early 60's, but by today's standards they would be discarded in a seedling patch. For us old timers I would love to have them in my garden now, but they are not available through commercial nuseries,

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