Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Lowell Baumunk
Year Of Registration: 2005
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2005
Seedling Number: 943J
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 33 inches (84 cm)
Bloom Season: Early Mid
Bloom Color Classification: Peach
Purple
White
Flower Patterns: Luminata
Bloom Color Description: Apricot standards, washed with translucent purple infusion except at edges; white falls with apricot rim and hafts, heavily overlaid dark purple, apricot and white veining around beard
Beard Color: Tangerine, more intense in throat
Style Arm Color: Apricot with slight purple highlighting
Awards: Honorable Mention: 2007
Award of Merit: 2009
John C. Wister Medal: 2013

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: 678A: (Cheating Heart x PDFF-1: (Prize Drawing x Flights of Fancy)) X County of Kent
Child plants: 11 child plants

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Common names
  • Iris
  • Tall Bearded Iris

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Location: My garden
Date: May 13, 2019
Location: Durham, NC
Date: 2017-04-14
Location: Cottonwood, CA
Date: 2020-07-31
Location: Cottonwood, CA
Date: 2021-04-27
Location: Santa Clara, CA
Date: 2016-03-31
Location: My property in Idaho
Date: Photo taken May 30, 2022
Location: Willamette Valley, Oregon 
Date: 2015-04-25
Location: Willamette Valley, Oregon 
Date: 2015-05-06
Location: Durham, NC
Date: 2017-04-14
Just opening.
Location: Cottonwood, CA
Date: 2020-07-23
Location: God's Garden - Atwater CA
Date: May 4, 2015
Location: Indiana
Date: May 2013
Elizabethan Age tall bearded iris
Location: In my garden, Middletown, Delaware
Date: 2021-05-18
Location: Washington 8b
Date: 2022-06-09
Location: Willamette Valley, Oregon 
Date: 2015-05-09
Location: Superstition Garden - Cathey's Valley, CA
Date: April 18, 2015
Photo by MaryDurtschi
Location: Michigan
Date: June 2016
Location: Cottonwood, CA
Date: 2020-07-23
Location: Michigan-my garden
Location: My property in Idaho
Date: Photo taken May 30, 2022
Photo by TBMan

Photo courtesy of Blue J Iris Used with permission.
Location: Michigan-my garden
Date: May 28, 2017
Location: God's Garden - Atwater CA
Date: May 2015

Photo courtesy of Stout Gardens, used with permission
Photo by redheadclan
Location: Washington
Date: 2016-05-22
Location: Home
Location: Michigan-my garden
Date: June 5, 2017
Location: Santa Clara, CA
Date: 2016-03-31
Location: Lincoln NE zone 5
Date: 2020-05-21
Photo by MaryDurtschi

Photo courtesy of Sutton's Iris Gardens
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Location: Willamette Valley Oregon
Date: 2014-05-04
Location: In my garden, Middletown, Delaware
Date: 2020-05-23
Location: Catheys Valley California
Photo courtesy of Superstition Iris Gardens, posted with permissi

Photo courtesy of Blue J Iris Used with permission.
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