Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Paul Black
Year Of Registration: 2019
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2019
Seedling Number: X217B
Classification: Border Bearded (BB)
Registered Height: 22 inches (56 cm)
Bloom Season: Early
Early Mid
Mid
Flower Form: Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Copper/Brown
Gold
Flower Patterns: Plicata
Bloom Color Description: Mid gold standards lightly sanded cinnamon up midrib and over center 1/3; mid gold falls, hafts sanded brown, center third washed light brown red blended to wide dark red brown washed and mottled band
Beard Color: Mid gold
Style Arm Color: Mid 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 8b
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Underground structures: Rhizome
Propagation: Seeds: Will not come true from seed
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Ploidy: Tetraploid
Parentage: U96C: (Gag Gift x Jargon) X T169D: (Q47C: (O234A: (Silverberry x L86tdb: (Waiting for George x Cimarron Trail)) x O230A: (K256A x T. Johnson T478A: (I've Got Rhythm x Flights of Fancy))) x Teenybopper)

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Common names
  • Border Bearded Iris
  • Iris

Photo Gallery
Location: Mid-America Gardens
Date: 2019-05-15
Taken in rain.
Location: southeast Nebraska 
Date: 2022-05-15
Location: southeast Nebraska 
Date: 2023-05-12

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