Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Joseph Ghio
Year Of Registration: 1977
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1978
Seedling Number: 73-9D
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 38 inches (97 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid Late
Flower Form: Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Peach
White
Flower Patterns: Debby Rairdon
Bloom Color Description: Brandy peach standards; blue white falls, bordered brandy peach
Beard Color: Brick red
Awards: Honorable Mention: 1980

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
Underground structures: Rhizome
Propagation: Seeds: Will not come true from seed
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Ploidy: Tetraploid
Parentage: 71-94Y: ((Orchid Brocade x 67-96XZ: 65-152: (Commentary x Greenlee sdlg.: (Native Dancer x (pink sdlg. x (Sharkskin x I. balkana)))) x Claudia Rene)) x Saber Dance) X 71-108-O: ((Amigo's Guitar x (65-152: (Commentary x Greenlee sdlg.: (Native Dancer x (pink sdlg. x (Sharkskin x I. balkana)))) x Claudia Rene)) x (Ponderosa x Opening Round))
Child plants: 113 child plants

Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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