Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Bruce Filardi
Year Of Registration: 2008
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2011
Seedling Number: BF-434A
Classification: Border Bearded (BB)
Registered Height: 24.5 inches (62 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Flower Form: Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Copper/Brown
Lavender
Wine
Flower Patterns: Plicata
Bloom Color Description: Egyptian buff orange standards, darker gilt rim, widely dispersed light lavender plicata marks over entire surface, wine red dotting at base; egyptian buff orange falls lightly sanded pansy violet overall, much more heavily at hafts and around beard
Beard Color: Red orange
Style Arm Color: Buff
Fragrance: Slight
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 8b
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Underground structures: Rhizome
Propagation: Seeds: Will not come true from seed
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Ploidy: Tetraploid
Parentage: Keppel 89-126: (Light Show x 86-4E: (((Morocco x Broadway) x (Theatre x (Anon x (71-42B: (68-17A: (Montage x April Melody) x Jealous Lover) x 71-41F: (68-17A x April Melody))))) x (((68-5A: ((Henna Stitches x (Maricopa x Chinquapin)) x Montage) x Roundup) x ((Montage x April Melody) x April Melody)) x (72-40A: ((((Irma Melrose x Tea Apron) x ((Full Circle x Rococo) x Tea Apron)) x April Melody) x Caramba) x Flamenco)))) X Carnival Ride

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Common names
  • Border Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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Location: Durham, NC
Date: 2017-04-26
In morning sun.
Location: Durham, NC
Date: 2017-04-30
Basking in full sun.
Location: Mt. Pleasant Iris in WA
Date: 2015-05-13

Date: 2014-04-24
Location: Front center garden, Zone 6b
Date: May 2020
Location: Front center garden, Zone 6b
Date: May 2020

Date: 2015-05-11

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