Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: William Plotner
Year Of Registration: 1988
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1987
Seedling Number: 222
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 28-32 inches (71-81 cm)
Bloom Season: Early Mid
Bloom Color Description: Bright sunshine yellow standards, slight green cast at base of midrib; ivory white falls, blending to yellow on edge, yellow hafts, yellow thumbprint on each side of beards
Beard Color: Chrome 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: 79-12: (Pretty Please x Gypsy Prince) X 79-11: (Bayberry Candle x Pretty Please)
Child plants: 2 child plants

Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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