Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Tell Muhlestein
Year Of Registration: 1974
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1974
Seedling Number: 493 A
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 38 inches (97 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Mid Late
Late
Bloom Color Classification: White
Yellow
Flower Patterns: Debby Rairdon
Bloom Color Description: Yellow standards; white falls, edged yellow
Beard Color: Yellow
Awards: Honorable Mention: 1975
Award of Merit: 1978

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: Charmaine X Launching Pad
Child plants: 44 child plants

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  • Tall Bearded Iris
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Location: Garland, TX
Date: 2019-04-05
Location: Lancaster, CA
Location: Lancaster, CA
Date: Spring 2017
Location: my gardens
Uploaded by pinkiris

Date: 2009-01-01
SONY DSC
Location: Michigan-my garden
Date: May 25, 2017
Location: My garden in northeast Texas
Date: 2013-04-21
Plant of Joyce Terry that came back on its own after being dumped
Location: Catheys Valley CA
Photo courtesy of Superstition Iris Gardens, posted with permissi
Location: Whitesboro, TX
Date: 2017-05-23
Image courtesy of The Shady Spot Iris. All rights reserved.
Location: My garden in northeast Texas
Date: 2013-04-21
Location: Royal Botanical Gardens, Burlington, ON, Canada
Date: 2014-06-05
Uploaded by pinkiris
Location: Wilhoit, AZ
Date: 2023

Photo courtesy of Bluebird Haven Iris Garden

Photo courtesy of Blue J Iris Used with permission.

Photo courtesy of Rainbow Iris Farm
Location: In my garden. Poland.
Uploaded by Misawa77
Location: southern KY
Date: 4000-05-23
Location: Wilhoit, AZ
Date: 2023
Location: Wilhoit, AZ
Date: 2023
Comments:
  • Posted by Avedon (NE Tex - Zone 8a) on Apr 22, 2013 6:39 PM concerning plant:
    One more of the few hybrid irises that I can recognize growing here. We have had it a long time, but it didn't do well with the move to NE Texas, so was tossed and now has come back on its own--amazing!!
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