Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Tom Magee
Year Of Registration: 1993
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1996
Seedling Number: 8445
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 43 inches (109 cm)
Bloom Season: Early
Flower Form: Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Gold
Silver/Grey
Flower Patterns: Blend
Bloom Color Description: Silver infused gold
Beard Color: Silver, gold at end and in throat
Style Arm Color: Silver, veined gold
Fragrance: Slight
Sweet
Awards: Honorable Mention: 2000

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: 8017: (7734: (Colorado Sunshine x White Lightning) x (7216B: ((Strike Me Pink x Fair Luzon) x Pink Sleigh) x 7069A: ((Mary Randall x (May Hall x Pink Fulfillment)) x Above All))) X New Tomorrow
Child plants: one child plant

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Common names
  • Iris
  • Tall Bearded Iris

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Location: Sussex, UK
Date: late May 2019
Location: Sussex, UK
Date: late May 2019
Location: Chailey Iris Garden, East Sussex, UK.
Date: 2022-06-11

Photo courtesy of Blue J Iris. Used with permission.
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