Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Ben Hager
Year Of Registration: 1982
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1983
Seedling Number: IB3529DkBr
Classification: Intermediate Bearded (IB)
Registered Height: 23 inches (58 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Flower Form: Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Copper/Brown
Yellow
Flower Patterns: Plicata
Bloom Color Description: Very dark brown standards, yellow undertone; yellow falls, almost solid edge of very dark brown plicata markings
Beard Color: Yellow
Awards: Honorable Mention: 1985
Award of Merit: 1988

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
Underground structures: Rhizome
Propagation: Seeds: Will not come true from seed
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Ploidy: Unbalanced Tetraploid
Parentage: Picayune X Pepper Mill

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Common names
  • Intermediate Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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Location: Hamilton Square Garden, Historic City Cemetery, Sacramento CA.
Date: 2018-04-16
Location: Mt. Airy, MD
Date: 2023-05-14
Location: Sass Memorial Garden near Ashland, Nebraska
Date: 2013-05-23
Location: Sass Memorial Garden near Ashland, Nebraska
Date: 2012-04-24
Location: Sass Memorial Garden near Ashland, Nebraska
Date: 2013-05-23
Location: Pleasant Grove, Utah
Date: 2011-05-23
Visually the flower is browner.
Location: Pleasant Grove, Utah
Date: 2011-05-21
Flower is actually a little browner.
Location: Northern Germany
Date: 2022-05-08
Location: Hamilton Square Perennial Garden, Historic City Cemetery, Sacramento CA.
Date: 2015-04-08
Zone 9b.
Location: Hamilton Square Perennial Garden, Historic City Cemetery, Sacramento CA.
Date: 2015-04-08
2015-04-08 Zone 9b
Location: Northern Germany
Date: 2002-11-01
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Location: My garden in southeast Nebraska
Date: 2011-05-12
Location: Sass Memorial Garden near Ashland, Nebraska
Date: 2011-05-12
Location: My garden in southeast Nebraska
Date: 2011-05-12
Location: Southeast Nebraska
Date: 2014-05-24
Location: New Zealand
Date: 2010-10-20
Location: New Zealand
Location: Northern Germany
Date: 2002-11-08
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Sooo beautiful, isn't it? by wcgypsy Mar 6, 2013 10:53 AM 1

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