Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Melba Hamblen
Year Of Registration: 1980
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1981
Seedling Number: H75-1O5G
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 32 inches (81 cm)
Bloom Season: Early
Early Mid
Mid
Mid Late
Late
Bloom Color Classification: Peach
Violet
White
Flower Patterns: Plicata
Bloom Color Description: Apricot standards; creamy white falls, dotted and stippled raspberry violet
Beard Color: Tangerine orange
Style Arm Color: Apricot crests, flushed violet at lip
Foliage: Purple Based
Awards: Honorable Mention: 1983
Award of Merit: 1986

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: 71-154D: ((Misty Dawn x Foggy Dew) x (Misty Dawn x Foggy Dew)) X Porta Villa
Child plants: 61 child plants

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Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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Location: Pleasant Grove, Utah
Date: 2011-06-04
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Date: 2011-06-04

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