Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Loleta Powell
Year Of Registration: 1970
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1970
Seedling Number: 67-21
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 33 inches (84 cm)
Bloom Season: Early
Early Mid
Mid
Mid Late
Late
Flower Form: Tailored
Bloom Color Classification: Gold
Flower Patterns: Self
Bloom Color Description: Golden yellow
Beard Color: Orange gold
Awards: Honorable Mention: 1972

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: Olympic Torch X Orange Chariot
Child plants: 16 child plants

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Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

Photo Gallery
Location: Sussex, UK
Date: late May 2019
Luscious.
Location: Photo by Carol Bacskai; zone 5b, Yorkville, IL
Date: 2021-05-23

Photo courtesy of Iris City Gardens

Date: 2014-05-24
Beard

Photo Courtesy of Te Sligte Gardens. Used with Permission
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Photo courtesy of Bluebird Haven Iris Garden
Location: Columbia, SC
Date: 2018-04-28

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