Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Evelyn Jones
Year Of Registration: 1991
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1992
Seedling Number: IE87-5
Classification: Intermediate Bearded (IB)
Registered Height: 21 inches (53 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Bloom Color Classification: Orange
Flower Patterns: Bitone
Bloom Color Description: Majolica orange, deeper area around beards
Beard Color: Burnt orange
Fragrance: Slight
Awards: Honorable Mention: 1994
Award of Merit: 1996

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 8b
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Underground structures: Rhizome
Propagation: Seeds: Will not come true from seed
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Ploidy: Unbalanced Tetraploid
Parentage: 79-20: (Peach Float x (Orange Glory x Shoop sdlg.)) X B. Jones 385: (352: (Solar Flight x (pink IB x I. pumila "Blazek")) x Orange Tiger)

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