Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Mark Grumbine
Year Of Registration: 2010
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2014
Seedling Number: MG06-610-54
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 34 inches (86 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid Late
Bloom Color Classification: Purple
White
Yellow
Bloom Color Description: Rusty yellow standards, dark purple veining, midrib and base give rusty yellow appearance; white falls, 1/2" bright yellow banded edges, shoulders veined brown
Beard Color: Purple yellow in throat, light yellow in middle, white at end
Style Arm Color: Rusty yellow, dark purple veining, midrib and base give rusty yellow appearance
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: MG04-425-20: (Happenstance x Fancy Woman) X MG04-425-17: (Happenstance x Fancy Woman)

Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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