Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Richard Ernst
Year Of Registration: 1991
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1991
Seedling Number: F112-2
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 35 inches (89 cm)
Bloom Season: Early Mid
Bloom Color Classification: Peach
Bloom Color Description: Medium pink infused apricot, deeper pink hafts
Beard Color: Orange red
Fragrance: Slight
Sweet
Awards: Honorable Mention: 1994

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
Fragrant
Underground structures: Rhizome
Propagation: Seeds: Will not come true from seed
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Ploidy: Tetraploid
Parentage: Afternoon Delight X Gaulter G80-74, pink sdlg.
Child plants: 2 child plants

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Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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Location: Cisco, Tx 
Date: 2020-04-25
Location: In my Northern California garden
Date: 2012-04-20
Location: Whitesboro, TX
Image courtesy of The Shady Spot Iris. All rights reserved.
Photo by Muddymitts
Photo by Misawa77
Location: my garden in Frederick, MD
Date: 2007-05-20
Location: Western Kentucky
Date: April 2012

Photo courtesy of Blue J Iris Used with permission.
Comments:
  • Posted by critterologist (Frederick, MD - Zone 6b) on Apr 19, 2012 2:40 PM concerning plant:
    Described as "pink" when I got it, but bloomed very peach or apricot two years running (so not just a "first bloom" sort of thing)... not my cuppa tea... traded it! :-)

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