Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Opal Brown
Year Of Registration: 1991
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1991
Seedling Number: 82-18B2
Classification: Border Bearded (BB)
Registered Height: 25 inches (64 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Bloom Color Classification: Peach
White
Bloom Color Description: White, dainty ecru pink edge on all petals, ecru pink shoulders
Beard Color: Orange red
Awards: Honorable Mention: 1993

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
Underground structures: Rhizome
Propagation: Seeds: Will not come true from seed
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Ploidy: Tetraploid
Parentage: 77-1A5: (Baroque x (Saber Dance x Silver Shower)) X 78-3B5: (Old Flame x ((Grandiflora x Arctic Flame) x Buffy))

Common names
  • Border Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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