Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Michael Sutton
Year Of Registration: 2012
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2013
Seedling Number: X-625
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 36 inches (91 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Mid Late
Late
Flower Form: Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Peach
Violet
Flower Patterns: Emma Cook
Bloom Color Description: Spanish orange standards; pale orange falls blending into a deep violet band
Beard Color: Tangerine, fuzzy pale orange horns
Space Age Beard Appendages: Horns
Style Arm Color: Spanish orange
Fragrance: Slight
Spicy
Awards: Honorable Mention: 2016

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: U-634: (S-459: (Bride's Blush x Frosted Rose) x R-596: (Tropical Delight x Ocean Clouds)) X Boundless

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Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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Location: Photo by Carol Bacskai; zone 5b, Yorkville, IL
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Date: 2019-04-25
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Date: 2016-04-10

Photo courtesy of Sutton's Iris Gardens

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