Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Gerald Richardson
Year Of Registration: 1996
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1996
Seedling Number: 88-2-1
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 30 inches (76 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Flower Form: Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Tan
Magenta
Wine
Flower Patterns: Broken
Bloom Color Description: Buff gold, boldly splashed and streaked red and magenta
Beard Color: Gold

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: Broadway X 77-56-1: (74-31-6: ((Celestial Snow x Blushing Beauty) x Campus Flirt) x 74-73-1: ((San Leandro x Mulberry Rose) x Mulberry Rose))
Child plants: one child plant

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Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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Location: in my garden
Date: 2017-05-06
Location: north central Texas
Date: 2008-04-20
Location: in my garden
Date: 2017-04-27

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