Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Gene Gaddie
Year Of Registration: 1981
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1984
Seedling Number: 1-2
Classification: Intermediate Bearded (IB)
Registered Height: 20 inches (51 cm)
Bloom Season: Early
Early Mid
Mid
Mid Late
Late
Bloom Color Classification: White
Yellow
Bloom Color Description: Snow white standards, lemon yellow radiating from greenish based midrib; lemon shaped yellow spot on falls, finely edged snow white
Beard Color: White, tipped full orange
Awards: Honorable Mention: 1986
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: Buttercup Charm X Peach Spot
Child plants: one child plant

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  • Intermediate Bearded Iris
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Location: Southeast Nebraska
Date: 2014-05-24

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