Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: E. Buckles by O. D. Niswonger, selector
Year Of Registration: 1972
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1975
Seedling Number: B71-15
Classification: Border Bearded (BB)
Registered Height: 22 inches (56 cm)
Bloom Season: Early Mid
Bloom Color Classification: Copper/Brown
Gold
Violet
Bloom Color Description: Deep butterscotch standards; light violet falls, sharp medium brown edging
Beard Color: Yellow
Awards: Honorable Mention: 1976
Award of Merit: 1978
Knowlton Medal: 1980
Dykes Memorial Medal: 1981

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 8b
Flowers: Showy
Underground structures: Rhizome
Propagation: Seeds: Will not come true from seed
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Ploidy: Tetraploid
Parentage: Punchline X B69-29: (Wild Mustang x Milestone)
Child plants: 39 child plants

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Common names
  • Border Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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Location: My Gardens
Date: May 27, 2014
Dykes Medal 1981
Location: My garden
Date: 2016-04-19

Photo 5/23/10
Location: New Zealand
Location: North East Iowa
Date: 2020-05-22

Photo May 27, 2009
Photo by Betja
Location: My Gardens
Date: Saturday, May 23, 2015
Last Light Before Sundown: 8:22 PM
Location: Ontario, Canada
Date: 2020-06-21
Location: springfield MO
Date: 2018-05-08
Location: Maryland
Date: 2018-05-14
2018 bloom
Location: Chino Valley Arizona
Date: 2021-05-16
Location: Schreiner's Gardens near Salem, OR
Date: 2015-05-14

Date: 2019-05-14
Photo by Frillylily
Location: Lancaster, CA
Photo by Misawa77
Location: My Gardens
Date: May 27, 2014
In Partial Shade
Photo by Misawa77

Photo May 27, 2009
Location: Sass Memorial Iris Garden near Ashland, NE
Date: 2015-05-21

Photo courtesy of Williamson Farm Flowers

Date: 2019-05-14
Location: My garden in Bakersfield, CA
Date: April 10, 2012
Photo by Betja
Photo by Betja
Photo by avmoran
Location: New Zealand
Date: 2009-10-30
Location: Catheys Valley CA
Photo courtesy of Superstition Iris Gardens, posted with permissi
Location: Sass Memorial Garden near Ashland, NE
Date: 2012-05-04
Photo by Misawa77

Photo courtesy of Blue J Iris Used with permission.

Photo Courtesy of Te Sligte Gardens. Used with Permission
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