Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Keith Keppel
Year Of Registration: 2003
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2004
Seedling Number: 98-156B
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 42 inches (107 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid Late
Flower Form: Bubble Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Peach
Violet
Yellow
Bloom Color Description: Blended vanilla standards; peach yellow falls, texture veined tan yellow sunburst pattern, greyed heliotrope wash extending inward from edge
Beard Color: Firecracker red
Style Arm Color: Slightly more yellow
Fragrance: Slight
Sweet
Awards: Honorable Mention: 2006
Award of Merit: 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 9b
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Underground structures: Rhizome
Propagation: Seeds: Will not come true from seed
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Ploidy: Tetraploid
Parentage: Prince George X Rio
Child plants: 39 child plants

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Common names
  • Iris
  • Tall Bearded Iris

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Tall bearded iris 'Undercurrent'
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Survived the heavy rain
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At Schreiner's Iris Gardens

At Schreiner's Iris Gardens, Oregon.
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Date: 2014-04-23
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Undercurrent
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Date: 2017-05-08
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At Schreiner's Iris Gardens, Oregon.

At Schreiner's Iris Gardens, Oregon.
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Date: 2012-05-02
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Undercurrent tall bearded iris

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