Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Frederick Kerr
Year Of Registration: 2011
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2013
Seedling Number: 05-033-13
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 42 inches (107 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Flower Form: Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Blue
White
Yellow
Flower Patterns: Emma Cook
Bloom Color Description: Light yellow standards; white falls, medium blue edge
Beard Color: White base, hairs tipped tangerine orange
Style Arm Color: Light yellow

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: Spring Bliss X 03-025 Yel EC: (01-040A: (Dazzling Jewel x 99-023A: (97-003C: (Astrid Cayeux x Christiana Baker) x Schreiner EE 203-A)) x 00-168A: (95-00C: (90-073A: (Neptune's Lantern x 88-028-1: (Gypsy Woman x Condottiere)) x 88-028-1) x Queen's Circle

Image
Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

Photo Gallery
Location: Home garden
Date: 2017-04-16
Location: Mt. Pleasant Iris in WA
Date: 2015-05-13
Location: Mt. Pleasant Iris Farm, Washougal, Washington
Date: 2015-05-23
AIS National Convention, Portland, OR--Iris in Wonderland 2015

Photo courtesy of Fred Kerr's Rainbow Acres
Location: Catheys Valley CA
Date: 4-7-2015
Photo courtesy of Superstition Iris Gardens, posted with permissi

« Add a new plant to the database

» Search the Irises Database: by characteristics or by cultivar name

« See the general plant entry for Irises (Iris)

« Visit the Irises forum

« The Irises Database Front Page

« The Plants Database Front Page

Today's site banner is by Newyorkrita and is called "Siberian Iris China Spring "

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.