Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Iris Nelson
Year Of Registration: 1989
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1987
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 36 inches (91 cm)
Bloom Season: Very Early
Early
Rebloom
Bloom Color Classification: Copper/Brown
Yellow
Flower Patterns: Plicata
Bloom Color Description: Standards heavily stitched cayenne red brown, cream yellow midrib; cream yellow falls, widely banded cayenne red brown
Beard Color: Dark yellow orange

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: sdlgs. inv. Smoke Rings, Sun Snap, Decolletage, Plum Crazy, Plum Gleam
Child plants: one child plant

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Common names
  • Iris
  • Tall Bearded Iris

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Location: San Diego, CA
Date: 2020-04-09
flowering in my garden
Location: Cottonwood, CA
Date: 2021-04-16
Location: San Diego, CA
Date: 2020-04-09
flowering in my garden

Paprika Fono's
Uploaded by coboro

Date: Apr 2, 2011 7:21 PM
Location: north central Texas
Date: 2004-04-17
Location: San Diego, CA
Date: 2020-03-28
spathe was purple on these developing buds
Location: San Antonio, Texas
Date: 2022-04-25
Location: Dayton, KY
Date: 5/7/13

Photo courtesy of Blue J Iris. Used with permission.
Location: Dayton, KY
Date: 5/4/13
Plant just before bloom
Location: Tennessee
credit: Sheryl Leigh
Plant Events from our members
dragonfetti On April 18, 2015 Obtained plant
I.R.I.S. Inland Region Iris Society sale; rhizome only; $4.00. LLO
UncleWill On October 22, 2018 Transplanted
UncleWill On October 20, 2018 Obtained plant
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