Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Joseph Gatty
Year Of Registration: 1985
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1985
Seedling Number: J56-1
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 30 inches (76 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Mid Late
Late
Flower Form: Ruffled
Laced
Flared
Bloom Color Classification: Peach
Pink
White
Flower Patterns: Blend
Bloom Color Description: Polar bear standards, flushed peach to orient pink; deeper buff falls, flushed peach, slightly paler in center, hafts overlaid golden peach
Beard Color: Fire red
Awards: Honorable Mention: 1987

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: F69-1: (B20-5: (B. Jones 743: (Inv. Limelight, Gold Ruffles, Frost and Flame, Spindrift, Carabella, Jeb Stuart, Cloudcap, Crystal Flame) x Keppel 66-53: (Arctic Flame x (Rippling Waters x Gypsy Lullaby)) x Princess) X F60-1: (Liz x Pink Sleigh)
Child plants: 26 child plants

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