Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Opal Brown
Year Of Registration: 1978
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1978
Seedling Number: 73-2B3
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 36 inches (91 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Flower Form: Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Purple
Yellow
Flower Patterns: Bicolor
Bloom Color Description: Yellow standards; purple falls, edged brown
Beard Color: Brown
Awards: Honorable Mention: 1981

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: (inv. parentage inc. Extravaganza, Marquita, Cloudcap, Picture Bouquet and Pipes of Pan) X Autumn Hills
Child plants: one child plant

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Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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Location: God's Garden - Atwater CA
Date: May 2014
Location: God's Garden - Atwater CA
Date: May 2014
Location: Southeast Nebraska
Date: 2012-05-28
Taken in my garden, May 2013

Date: 2008-06-16
Image courtesy of Blue J Iris

Photo courtesy of Blue J Iris Used with permission.

Photo courtesy of Mid-America Garden
Location: Lewiston, Idaho
Date: 5-14-2015

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