Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Chet Tompkins
Year Of Registration: 1989
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1989
Seedling Number: 84-42
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 35 inches (89 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Mid Late
Late
Flower Form: Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Orchid
Yellow
Bloom Color Description: Malacca tan, champagne and honey beige standards; lighter falls, lilac overtone, paling toward gilt and beige edge
Beard Color: Lilac and gold
Foliage: Purple Based

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: Wayward Angel X (((((Lilac Champagne x (Fashion Show x Melodrama)) x ((Palomino x (Radiation x Great Lakes)) x ((Helen McGregor x Hit Parade) x Palomino))) x Commentary) x Color Rich) x (Oddball x (Lovely Light x (((Lilac Champagne x (Fashion Show x Melodrama)) x ((Palomino x (Radiation x Great Lakes)) x ((Helen McGregor x Hit Parade) x Palomino))) x Commentary))))

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Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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Location: Michigan-my garden
Date: 2023-06-02
Location: Thelma's, Winston-Salem, NC
Date: 2016-05-01
After a rainstorm
Location: Thelma Boose's Iris Garden
Date: 2016-05-01
Location: Thelma's, Winston-Salem, NC
Date: 2016-05-01
View with buds
Location: Winson-Salem NC
Date: 2016-05-12
Thelma's

Photo courtesy of Blue J Iris. Used with permission.
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