Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Sterling Innerst
Year Of Registration: 1987
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1988
Seedling Number: 1976-10
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 32 inches (81 cm)
Bloom Season: Early
Early Mid
Mid
Bloom Color Classification: Tan
Cream
Violet
Flower Patterns: Plicata
Bloom Color Description: Bronze gold standards; creamy white falls, trimmed and speckled plum blue black overall
Beard Color: Bronze plum
Foliage: Purple Based
Fragrance: Slight
Sweet
Awards: Honorable Mention: 1990

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: Burgundy Brown X Spinning Wheel
Child plants: 15 child plants

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Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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Date: 2017-05-29
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Location: Northern Germany
Date: 2003-08-31
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Date: 2015 season

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