Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Douglas Kanarowski
Year Of Registration: 2016
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2016
Seedling Number: 0489
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 47 inches (119 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Bloom Color Description: Mid yellow standards, near transparent violet tinted diamond halo; triangular white zonal sunburst on falls, light yellow at shoulder, veined cobalt black, wide mid cobalt blue band, violet cobalt edge, 1/4" pale blue violet rim, black violet wire rim
Beard Color: Hairs based cream, tips marigold orange
Style Arm Color: Mid yellow, stigmatic lip tinged pale blue violet
Foliage: Purple Based
Fragrance: Slight
Sweet
Awards: Honorable Mention: 2018
Award of Merit: 2023

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: 0425: (0216: (Stairway to Heaven x Rippling River) x Life behind Bars) X 0331: (Starring x Secret Service)

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Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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Location: Santa Cruz Mountains, California
Date: 2017-05-01
Big hat No Cows (Karanowski '16)

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