Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: G. Galer
Year Of Registration: 1971
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1973
Seedling Number: 66-187-4
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 32-35 inches (81-89 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid Late
Bloom Color Description: Antique gold standards, rosy diffusion at base; plum red falls, blue violet wash on upper portion, electric blue blaze below beards, brown overlay shading to 1/4" brown rim
Beard Color: Yellow gold
Style Arm Color: Gold, rose infusion in back of crests

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: Rusticana X Tompkins 63-161: (Sudden Spring x Camelot Rose)

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  • Tall Bearded Iris
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Location: Finksburg, MD. My garden
Date: 2020-06-02

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