Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Marky Smith
Year Of Registration: 1997
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1998
Seedling Number: 89-52F
Classification: Intermediate Bearded (IB)
Registered Height: 25 inches (64 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Flower Form: Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Yellow
Flower Patterns: Glaciata
Bloom Color Description: Clear dresden yellow standards, green midrib; fall shoulders dresden yellow, slightly lighter rim, small cream white center and median stripe
Beard Color: Cream white at end, strong yellow in throat
Style Arm Color: Clear yellow, midrib cream
Foliage: Purple Stems or Bracts
Fragrance: Pronounced
Sweet
Awards: Honorable Mention: 2000
Award of Merit: 2004
Hans and Jacob Sass Medal: 2008

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
Fragrant
Underground structures: Rhizome
Propagation: Seeds: Will not come true from seed
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Ploidy: Unbalanced Tetraploid
Parentage: Violet Lulu X Keppel 84-15B: ((((68-39F: (66-35C: ((Irma Melrose x Tea Apron) x ((Full Circle x Rococo) x Tea Apron)) x April Melody) x 68-39D) x ((Joy Ride x Roundup) x (April Melody x 68-40B: (66-35B x April Melody)))) x (Mistress x 75-98B: (71-12C: (68-5A: ((Henna Stitches x (Maricopa x Chinquapin)) x Montage) x Roundup) x 71-41 F: ((Montage x April Melody) x April Melody)))) x (77-111Q: (74-32B: ((Roundup x: (66-56F: (Amigo's Guitar x (Rippling Waters x Gypsy Lullaby)) x Barcelona)) x Osage Buff) x 75-113B: ((68-5A: ((Henna Stitches x (Maricopa x Chinquapin)) x Montage) x Roundup) x ((Montage x April Melody) x April Melody))) x (75-103e: ((((Irma Melrose x Tea Apron) x ((Full Circle x Rococo) x Tea Apron)) x April Melody) x Caramba) x Flamenco) x 75-98B: (71-12C: (68-5A: ((Henna Stitches x (Maricopa x Chinquapin)) x Montage) x Roundup) x ((Montage x April Melody) x April Melody))))

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Common names
  • Iris
  • Intermediate Bearded Iris

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Location: my garden, Utah
Date: 2017-05-09
Location: southeast Nebraska
Date: 2019-05-11
Location: Sass Memorial Garden near Ashland, NE
Date: 2012-04-17
Location: Sass Memorial Garden near Ashland, Nebraska
Date: 2011-05-12
Location: southeast Nebraska
Date: 2019-05-04
Plant in bud.  Buds have purple spathes.
Location: southeast Nebraska
Date: 2019-05-11
Location: southeast Nebraska
Date: 2019-05-04
Bud with purple spathe
Location: Sass Memorial Garden near Ashland, Nebraska
Date: 2013-05-23
Location: Sass Memorial Garden near Ashland, Nebraska
Date: 2013-05-23
Location: BC
Date: May 2013
Location: Sass Memorial Garden near Ashland, NE
Date: 2010-05-13
Location: Washington Park Botanical Garden - Springfield, Il.
Date: 2016-03-26

Remarks by Dee S: Snowpeak Iris
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Location: Sass Memorial Garden near Ashland, Nebraska
Date: 2011-05-12
Location: Sass Memorial Garden near Ashland, Nebraska
Date: 2012-04-24
Location: Sass Memorial Garden near Ashland, NE
Date: 2012-04-17

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