Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Melba Hamblen
Year Of Registration: 1987
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1988
Seedling Number: H81-22-2
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 34 inches (86 cm)
Bloom Season: Early Mid
Mid
Flower Form: Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Gold
Peach
Pink
Violet
Flower Patterns: Blend
Bloom Color Description: Light pink orange standards flushed amber, violet infusion at base; ivory pink falls, blending to pink rim
Beard Color: Orange red

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: 79-93-1: (Coral Clouds x (((Orange Parade x Orange Creamo) x Glittering Amber) x Hayride)) X (((Touché x (((Glittering Amber x Whole Cloth) x Lilac Champagne) x (Lilac Champagne x ((Glittering Amber x Frost and Flame) x (Promising x Frost and Flame))))) x ((((Violet Fire x (Fashion Show x Melodrama)) x (Violet Fire x ((Palomino x (Radiation x Great Lakes)) x ((Helen McGregor x Radiation) x Palomino)))) x Crystal Flame) x Hilight)) x New Rochelle)
Child plants: one child plant

Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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