Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Chet Tompkins
Year Of Registration: 1992
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1991
Seedling Number: 85-58B
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 39 inches (99 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid Late
Flower Form: Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Cream
Rose
Bloom Color Description: Creamy white standards, faintly tinted pink; creamy white falls overlaid watermelon pink, faint blue cast, wide cream border
Beard Color: Red

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: Seedlings involving Clarion Call, Kin-na-Zin, Camelot Rose, Whole Cloth
Child plants: 3 child plants

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Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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Location: Michigan-my garden
Date: May 30, 2022
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Location: Las Cruces, NM
Date: 2017-04-27
Tall Bearded Iris Heavenly Body
Location: Maryland
Date: 2017-05-30
2017 bloom
Uploaded by iciris
Uploaded by iciris
Uploaded by iciris

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