Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Geraldine Couturier
Year Of Registration: 1995
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1996
Seedling Number: GC-1-6-93
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 31 inches (79 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid Late
Bloom Color Classification: Gold
Flower Patterns: Self
Bloom Color Description: Gold, small lighter spot at end of beards
Beard Color: Golden orange, with large ruffled gold flounce (sometimes spoon or white horn)
Space Age Beard Appendages: Horns
Spoons
Flounces
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: Spooned Blaze X unknown

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Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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Location: West Central Tx 
Date: 2021-05-20
Location: Catheys Valley CA
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