Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Pat Otterness
Year Of Registration: 2011
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2013
Seedling Number: G-428
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 40 inches (102 cm)
Bloom Season: Early Mid
Flower Form: Ruffled
Laced
Bloom Color Description: Creamy white standards, narrowly edged pale rosy orange, rosy midribs; solid grayed purple falls, strongly veined deep grayed purple blending into ground, 1/4" rosy orange edge
Beard Color: Orange, white at end, tipped orange
Style Arm Color: Creamy white, narrowly edged pale rosy orange, rosy midribs
Fragrance: Pronounced
Spicy

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: Coffee Whispers X D30: (Maryott BB108: (Ghio U92-7A2 x Maryott Y168B: (Maryott U132 pkam: (M101purbrd: (Alpine Journey x Frosted Buttercup) x Wings of Gold) x T136 orpkam: (Dance Hall Dolly x Costa Rica))) x D127: (BB108 veins x unknown orange amoena))

Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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