Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Barry Blyth
Year Of Registration: 2009
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2010
Seedling Number: O175-A
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 34 inches (86 cm)
Bloom Season: Early Mid
Flower Form: Bubble Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Peach
Violet
Flower Patterns: Line and Speckles
Bloom Color Description: Creamy apricot standards; creamy apricot fall deepening at hafts, overall violet spray pattern
Beard Color: Orange tangerine
Fragrance: Slight
Sweet

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: M55-3: (Decadence x K96-1: (Fogbound x Starring) X Pirate Ahoy

Image
Common names
  • Iris
  • Tall Bearded Iris

Photo Gallery

Date: 2019-05-19
Location: Santa Cruz Mountains, California
Date: 2019-05-08
Location: My garden
Date: 2020-05-25
Location: My garden
Date: 2020-05-17
Location: Mid-America Gardens, Salem, Oregon
Date: 2016-05-05

Date: 2018-05-19
Location: Keith Keppel's garden in Salem, OR
Date: 2013-05-23
Photo by KentPfeiffer

Date: 2014-04-22

Photo courtesy of Stout Gardens
Location: Keith Keppel's Garden
Date: 2015-05-14
Location: My garden in Bakersfield, CA
Date: May 4, 2012
Location: My garden in Bakersfield, CA
Date: May 1, 2012
Location: Austin, Texas
Date: 2018-04-18
Location: My garden in Bakersfield, CA
Date: April 29, 2012
Location: My garden in Bakersfield, CA
Date: April 29, 2012
Location: My garden in Bakersfield, CA
Date: April 29, 2012
Location: Catheys Valley CA
Date: 4-16-2015
Photo courtesy of Superstition Iris Gardens, posted with permissi

Photo courtesy of Iris Sisters Farm, used with permission

Photo courtesy of Mid-America Garden
This plant is tagged in:
Image

« Add a new plant to the database

» Search the Irises Database: by characteristics or by cultivar name

« See the general plant entry for Irises (Iris)

« Visit the Irises forum

« The Irises Database Front Page

« The Plants Database Front Page

Today's site banner is by Zoia and is called "Snow White, Deep Green"

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.