Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Chet Tompkins
Year Of Registration: 1997
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1997
Seedling Number: 91-19B
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 36 inches (91 cm)
Bloom Season: Early
Early Mid
Mid
Mid Late
Late
Bloom Color Description: Custard standards, overall maroon red markings; mustard falls, heavily marked maroon red
Beard Color: Mustard gold
Style Arm Color: Amber, blended red

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: (Beguine x (Fun and Games x Laredo)) X ((75-103e: ((((Irma Melrose x Tea Apron) x ((Full Circle x Rococo) x Tea Apron)) x April Melody) x Caramba) x Flamenco) x 75-98B: (71-12C: (68-5A: ((Henna Stitches x (Maricopa x Chinquapin)) x Montage) x Roundup) x ((Montage x April Melody) x April Melody)) x Wild Side)

Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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