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Hybridizer: Frederick Kerr
Year Of Registration: 2013
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2013
Seedling Number: 05-104-10
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 36 inches (91 cm)
Bloom Season: Early
Early Mid
Mid
Flower Form: Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Orchid
Peach
Flower Patterns: Emma Cook
Bloom Color Description: Pink standards; white falls, 3/4" dark blue edge
Beard Color: Tangerine in throat and middle, white at end
Fragrance: Slight
Sweet
Awards: Honorable Mention: 2017

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: 03-002A: ((Bold Vision x Queen's Circle) x (Revere x 00-028C: (95-005C: (90-73A: (Neptune's Lantern x 88-028-1: (Gypsy Woman x Condottiere)) x 91-026-01: (Aachen Prince x 88-026-01: (Nordic Seas x Summer Magic))) x Queen's Circle))) X Queen's Robe

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  • Tall Bearded Iris
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Location: My Garden in Janesville, WI
Date: 2017-06-02
Location: Santa Cruz Mountains, California
Date: 2017-04-21
Location: Santa Cruz Mountains, California
Date: 2016-11-16
Location: Home garden
Date: 2019-04-13
Photo by coboro
Location: Santa Cruz, California
Date: 2017-12-15
Location: My Garden in Janesville, WI
Date: 2014-05-31

Photo courtesy of Fred Kerr's Rainbow Acres
Location: Catheys Valley CA
Date: 3-28-2015
Photo courtesy of Superstition Iris Gardens, posted with permissi
Location: My Garden in Janesville, WI
Date: 2014-05-31
Location: My Garden in Janesville, WI
Date: 2014-05-31

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