Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Ben Hager
Year Of Registration: 1995
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1998
Seedling Number: T5504Fcy
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 35 inches (89 cm)
Bloom Season: Early Mid
Bloom Color Classification: Pink
Rose
Bloom Color Description: Rosy pink standards; deeper rose falls, veined from throat 2/3 way down petal
Beard Color: Tangerine
Foliage: Purple Based
Awards: Honorable Mention: 2000

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
Underground structures: Rhizome
Propagation: Seeds: Will not come true from seed
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Ploidy: Tetraploid
Parentage: T5235Pk: (T4836CrSh: ((Peach Tree x (Vanity x Pink Persian)) x Silver Flow) x Falling in Love) X T5240WWPk/Oc: (Presence x ((Catalyst x Perfect Accent) x Flaming Victory))
Child plants: 2 child plants

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Common names
  • Iris
  • Tall Bearded Iris

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Location: Durham, NC
Date: April, 2015
Location: In my garden at Middletown, DE
Date: 2016-05-23
Location: Melbourne, Australia
Date: 2016-10-29
Location: Durham, NC
Date: April, 2015
Top View
Location: Melbourne, Australia
Date: 2016-10-30
Location: Jeparit Victoria Australia
Date: 2022-10-21
Jodi Hutson
Location: Watertown, TN
Date: 2021-04-26
Iris, Anything Goes
Location: Russia, Krasnodarskij Kraj
Date: 2017-05-13
Location: Russia, Krasnodarskij Kraj
Date: 2017-05-14

Anything Goes
Location: Russia, Krasnodarskij Kraj
Date: 2020-05-14
Photo by MaryDurtschi

Date: 2014-04-22
Location: Northern Germany
Date: 4000-02-03
Location: Whitesboro, TX
Date: 2018-05-14
Image courtesy of The Shady Spot Iris. All rights reserved.

Date: 2012-04-24
Location: In my garden at Middletown, DE
Date: 2016-05-23
Location: Tom Bruce's Carolina Daylilies
Date: 2018-04-21
Location: Durham, NC
Date: April, 2015
Side view
Location: Northern Germany
Date: 2022-05-22
Photo by Betja
Photo by Lestv
Location: Columbia, MD
Date: May 2019
Photo by Lestv
Photo by Betja

Photo courtesy of Williamson Farm Flowers
Location: Durham, NC
Date: April, 2015
Closeup of bud
Location: Missouri
Date: 2011-05-13
Location: Tom Bruce's Carolina Daylilies
Date: 2018-04-21

Photo courtesy of Blue J Iris Used with permission.
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