Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Buss
Year Of Registration: 1952
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1953
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 46 inches (117 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Bloom Color Classification: Wine
Yellow
Flower Patterns: Variegata
Bloom Color Description: Medium light yellow standards; rose red falls

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: Extravaganza X Frank Adams
Child plants: 5 child plants

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Location: my yard
Date: 2018
Location: my yard
Date: 2018
Uploaded by crowrita1
Location: Bordeaux, France
Date: 2015-06-10
Location: West Valley City, UT
Date: 2017-05-12
Uploaded by avmoran
Location: Southeast Nebraska
Date: 2014-05-24
Location: Southeast Nebraska
Date: 2014-05-24
Location: Southeast Nebraska
Date: 2014-05-24

Date: 2015-02-14

Photo courtesy of Blue J Iris Used with permission.

Photo courtesy of Williamson Farm Flowers

Date: 2015-02-03
Photo courtesy of Bluebird Haven Iris Garden

Date: 2015-02-14

Date: 2015-02-14

Date: 2015-02-14
Location: East Tennessee
Date: 2018-05-05
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