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Hybridizer: Tom Burseen
Year Of Registration: 2011
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2012
Seedling Number: 08-857A
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 36 inches (91 cm)
Bloom Season: Early Mid
Flower Form: Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Cream
Peach
Bloom Color Description: Cream standards, edges washed apricot; majolica yellow falls, heavy apricot brown wash and texture veins, white veins around beards
Beard Color: Orange, light blue at end
Style Arm Color: Apricot
Fragrance: Slight
Sweet

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: 06-39: (03-70: (Lush Smush x 00-529: (96-62: (93-495: (Thornbird x 90-67: (87-129: (85-117: (83-329: (Curtain Call x Galen) x Lady Friend) x Gigolo) x 88-463: (86-164: (83-329 x 84-160: (Porta Villa x Risqué)) x 86-17: (84-32: (Holiday Spain x Porta Villa) x Mandolin)))) x Chinese Empress) x 96-63: (Gnu x Egyptian))) x That's All Folks) X 06-157: (03-21: (Airforce One x Stand in Awe) x 03-38: (A-559: (98-252: (95-352: (Celebration Song x Get a Grip) x 95-445: (Pagan Pink x 92-538: (89-147: (Creamy French x 87-192: (Lavish Lace x Embellishment)) x 9-303: (5-150: (Formosa Spring x Embassadora) x Homecoming Queen)))) x 98-331: (95-196: (Monty's Sweet Blue x Christopherson PF-2: (Sky Hooks x Momentum)) x 96-164: (Spirit World x Zaggeran))) x 01-41: (Holy Fire x 97-1128: (93-512: (8-88: (5-55: (Guardian Gate x Homecoming Queen) x Somsee Somsigh) x 91-93: (89-168: (Salmon Band x Gigolo) x 7-33: (3-116: (Art Shades x Wild Berry) x Slow Motion))) x 95-410: (Pagan Pink x 93-444: (91-297: (7-231: (Edna's Wish x Rosecraft) x 8-43: (Iris Irene x Classic Capers)) x 91-124: (Ample Charm x Hello Hobo))))))))
Child plants: 14 child plants

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Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

Photo Gallery
Location: Durham, NC
Date: 2019-05-01
Mature bloom & bud in light morning sun.
Location: Durham, NC
Date: 2019-04-26
Bloom in shade.
Location: My garden
Date: 2017-06-01
Urban Riot
Location: Whitesboro, TX
Date: 2018-05-17
Image courtesy of The Shady Spot Iris. All rights reserved.

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