Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Lucille Pinkston
Year Of Registration: 1996
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1997
Seedling Number: 88-1-A
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 36 inches (91 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid Late
Flower Form: Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Copper/Brown
Gold
White
Flower Patterns: Line and Speckles
Bloom Color Description: White standards; rusty brown falls, washed gold, white ray pattern from beard area, yellow halo, white wire rim
Beard Color: Light yellow, deeper in throat
Style Arm Color: White
Fragrance: Slight
Awards: Honorable Mention: 1999
Award of Merit: 2001

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: Wild Jasmine X unknown
Child plants: 8 child plants

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Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

Photo Gallery
Location: Back garden, Durham, NC
Date: 05/07/2014
Location: Iris garden - full sun
Date: 2016-06-01
Location: Lake Stevens, WA
Date: 2017-05-30
In May, after a rain shower
Location: zone 10a socal
Date: 2019-04-12

Photo 5/14/10
Location: Iris garden - full sun
Date: 2018-05-30
Darker and prettier than last year.

Photo 5/31/10
Location: zone 10a socal
Date: 2017-04-23
close-up of beard and fall
Location: My Gardens
Date: May 29, 2013
Pinkston 1997
Location: my yard
Location: Chino Valley Arizona
Date: 2022-05-05

Spring 2009
Location: zone 10a socal
Date: 2017-04-23
Location: Iris garden - full sun
Date: 2016-06-01
Location: Back garden, Durham, NC
Date: 05/13/2014
Location: Iris garden - full sun
Date: 2015-0907
Just planted.
Location: Front center garden, Zone 6b
Date: May 2020
Location: north central Texas
Date: 2005-04-21
Location: Las Cruces, NM
Date: 2017-04-25
Iris Owyee Desert
Location: Front center garden, Zone 6b
Date: May 2020
Location: Home
Date: 2017-05-30
Location: Iris garden - full sun
Date: 2016-06-01

Date: 2017-09-17

Spring 2009
Location: Home
Location: San Diego, CA
Date: 2017-04-25
top view
Location: Home garden
Date: 2015-04-17
Location: Chino Valley Arizona
Date: 2021-05-14
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Plant Events from our members
pirl On August 24, 2015 Obtained plant
8/24/15 Received from Schreiner's.
3/24/17 Great increase over winter. Now 6 fans.
shizen On September 6, 2016 Obtained plant
plntd. frnt. palm tree
2018 1/5 dug up and repotted not doing well in grnd. by tree
gardenglassgems On August 22, 2022 Transplanted
from pot to Dizzy's Bed 3.
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