Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Barry Blyth
Year Of Registration: 2008
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2009
Seedling Number: O306-1
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 40 inches (102 cm)
Bloom Season: Very Very Early
Rebloom
Flower Form: Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Wine
Yellow
Flower Patterns: Variegata
Bloom Color Description: Creamy white standards, heavy blending of butter yellow coming half way up, fine 1/8" butter yellow filigree edge; rich red burgundy to burgundy black falls, heavy starburst outpouring of yellow around beards, 1 inch long yellow chevron below beards
Beard Color: Bright gold
Fragrance: Slight
Sweet

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: L304-1: (F174-4: (Man About Town x Island Dancer) x Fogbound) X L285-1: (G100-A: (Paint the Scene x Dream Lord) x Ocelot)
Child plants: 5 child plants

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Common names
  • Iris
  • Tall Bearded Iris

Photo Gallery
Location: Menton, France
Date: 2016-11-26
Just opening, maiden bloom
Location: My greenhouse
Date: May 9, 2019
The scent fills the whole greenhouse.
Photo by KentPfeiffer
Photo by Cuzz4short
Location: Russia, Krasnodarskij Kraj
Date: 2021-05-17
Photo by Australis
Location: Menton, France
Date: 2018-04-29
Seriously dramatic!
Location: Russia, Krasnodarskij Kraj
Date: 2021-05-18
Photo by Dachsylady86
Photo by Dachsylady86
Location: My garden in southeast Nebraska
Date: 2014-05-15
Location: Michigan-my garden
Date: 2022-05-31
Location: Keith Keppel's garden in Salem, OR
Date: 2011-05-23

Date: 2017-10-29

Photo courtesy of Iris Sisters Farm, used with permission
Plant Events from our members
Australis From September 26, 2023 to October 14, 2023 Bloomed
Single bloom stalk from the surviving piece.
Australis From August 25, 2022 to November 8, 2022 Bloomed
It produced three bloom stalks sporadically throughout spring and one piece bloomed out. Not normal flowering behaviour!
Australis On December 11, 2021 Transplanted
Transplanted to the garden bed at our new house.
Australis From October 1, 2021 to October 13, 2021 Bloomed
Australis On October 24, 2020 Obtained plant
Purchased from an eBay seller.
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