Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Thomas Johnson
Year Of Registration: 2009
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2009
Seedling Number: TX16D
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 36 inches (91 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid Late
Flower Form: Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Copper/Brown
Yellow
Flower Patterns: Line and Speckles
Bloom Color Description: Dark yellow standards; yellow falls washed medium red-brown below beards, more solid mahogany toward dark yellow bands, mahogany veins across white patch on either side of beard
Beard Color: Yellow
Style Arm Color: Lemon yellow
Fragrance: Slight

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: Impulsive X Whispering Spirits
Child plants: one child plant

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Common names
  • Iris
  • Tall Bearded Iris

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Location: Menton, France
Date: 2018-05-15
Location: Russia, Krasnodarskij Kraj
Date: 2016-05-13
Location: Russia, Krasnodarskij Kraj
Date: 2014-05-15
Location: Menton, France
Date: 2018-05-14
Photo by Betja
Location: Home garden
Date: 2015-05-07
Location: My garden
Date: 2019-06-15
Photo by tveguy3

Date: 2012-05-19
Location: My garden
Date: 2019-06-16
First year bloom.
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Date: 2012-05-23
Photo by tveguy3
Location: My garden
Date: 2019-06-16
First year bloom
Location: My garden
Date: 2019-06-16
Photo by Betja
Location: Elk Grove, CA
Date: 4 2016
Location: Mid-America Gardens, Salem, Oregon
Date: 2016-05-05
Photo by TBMan
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Photo by Betja
Photo by Betja
Photo by Betja
Photo by Betja
Photo by Betja

Date: 2012-05-23
Location: My garden in Bakersfield, CA
Date: April 24, 2012
Location: My garden in Bakersfield, CA
Date: April 27, 2012
Photo by mattsmom

Photo courtesy of Stout Gardens

Date: 2012-05-25
Location: Pleasant Grove, Utah
Date: 2012-05-23
In my garden
Location: Catheys Valley CA
Photo courtesy of Superstition Iris Gardens, posted with permissi

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