Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Gerald Richardson
Year Of Registration: 2009
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2010
Seedling Number: 02-16-1
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 39 inches (99 cm)
Bloom Season: Early Mid
Flower Form: Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Tan
Violet
Flower Patterns: Dark Top
Bloom Color Description: Light lavender buff standards, deeper violet infusion; light golden buff blended falls, hint of lavender
Beard Color: Gold
Style Arm Color: Lavender, light golden-buff midribs
Fragrance: Slight

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: Suspicion X 98-88-6: (96-75-1: (94-25-10: (Modern Times x Circus Top) x 89-76-7: (84-68-5: (82-32-1: (79-24-1: (69-3-1: (Bon Vivant x Sunshine Yellow) x 75-26-1: (Pink Taffeta x 71-37-1: (68-2-19: (Celestial Snow x Blushing Beauty) x Cloud Ruffles))) x Circus Top) x 81-64-1: (79-24-1 x Circus Top)) x Crowd Pleaser)) x 94-23-6: (Modern Times x Infernal Fire))
Child plants: 2 child plants

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Common names
  • Iris
  • Tall Bearded Iris

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Location: My garden
Date: 2019-06-01
First year plant.
Location: My garden
Date: 2019-05-31
In late afternoon sun.
Location: My garden
Date: 2019-05-30
First year bloom.
Location: My garden in southeast Nebraska
Date: 2011-05-26
Location: My garden
Date: 2019-06-03
First year bloom.
Location: My garden in southeast Nebraska
Date: 2013-06-04
Location: My garden
Date: 2019-06-03
First year bloom
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Location: My garden
Date: 2021-05-24
Location: My garden in southeast Nebraska
Date: 2013-05-26
Location: My garden
Date: 2021-05-29

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