Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Ben Hager
Year Of Registration: 1995
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1997
Seedling Number: T5431Pk/DpLv
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 36 inches (91 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Flower Form: Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Orchid
Peach
Flower Patterns: Bicolor
Bloom Color Description: Clear peach pink standards; deep lavender falls
Beard Color: Soft tangerine
Awards: Honorable Mention: 1999
Award of Merit: 2001
John C. Wister Medal: 2004

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: T4235CrPk/Lv: (Merry Madrigal x Mother Earth) X Adventuress
Child plants: 50 child plants

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Common names
  • Iris
  • Tall Bearded Iris

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Location: Philo, California
Date: 2017-06-02
Location: Philo, California
Date: 2017-06-02
Location: Tennessee
Date: 2020-05-12
Location: My Garden
Date: 2014-06-24
Location: Garland, TX
Date: 2019-04-29
Location: Michigan-my garden
Date: June 2020
Location: Garland, TX
Date: 2019-04-25
Location: Chino Valley Arizona
Date: 2022-05-14
Uploaded by mattsmom

Poem of Ecstasy
Uploaded by tveguy3
Location: My property in Idaho
Date: Photo taken June 21, 2022
Uploaded by FAIRYROSE
Location: Napa Iris Gardens
Date: 2012-05-18
Uploaded by tveguy3
Location: My Garden in Fort Worth, TX
Date: 2018-04-21
Location: Cawston, BC
Date: 2022-10-29
From Hillside Irises
Location: Schreiners Gardens
Date: 2012-06-04
Location: Mount Enterprise, Texas

Date: 2015-05-31
Uploaded by mattsmom
Location: Northern Germany
Date: 2015-06-10
Location: My property in Idaho
Date: Photo taken June 21, 2022

Date: 2015-05-23

Date: May
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Location: Home
Uploaded by Muddymitts

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Location: Chino Valley Arizona
Date: 2021-05-09
Location: Napa Iris Gardens
Date: 2012-05-18
Location: Napa Iris Gardens
Date: 2012-05-18
Location: Napa Iris Gardens
Date: 2012-05-18
Location: Texas
Date: Spring
Poem of Ecstacy
Comments:
  • Posted by mattsmom (WI) on Sep 29, 2011 10:02 PM concerning plant:
    Gorgeous bloom, very good increase in my zone 4a garden.
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