Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Frederick Kerr
Year Of Registration: 1998
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1998
Seedling Number: 904704
Classification: Border Bearded (BB)
Registered Height: 27 inches (69 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Flower Form: Ruffled
Laced
Bloom Color Description: Reddish brown standards; reddish brown falls, reddish brown veining on yellow hafts and throats
Beard Color: Tangerine orange

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 8b
Flowers: Showy
Underground structures: Rhizome
Propagation: Seeds: Will not come true from seed
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Ploidy: Tetraploid
Parentage: Fringe Benefits X Guadalajara
Child plants: 2 child plants

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Common names
  • Border Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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Location: Las Cruces, NM
Date: 2019-04-12
Border Bearded Iris Country Lace
Location: Michigan-my garden
Date: 2023-06-02
Location: My garden
Date: 2019-06-04
First year bloom. In bright sun.

Date: 2014-01-20
Photo courtesy of Napa Country Iris Garden

Date: 2014-04-23

Date: 2014-04-23

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