Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Richard Ernst
Year Of Registration: 1993
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1992
Seedling Number: AFD-88
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 34 inches (86 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid Late
Flower Form: Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Orchid
Copper/Brown
Flower Patterns: Blend
Bloom Color Description: Violet pink standards infused amber, warm brown inner rim; pale lavender falls, darkening toward warm brown rim
Beard Color: White

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: Afternoon Delight X self

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Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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Location: Radford Virginia
Date: 2023-05-15
Earlier I had mis-identified this as another plant. This is the c
Location: New Zealand
Date: 2009-10-22
Location: Radford Virginia
Date: 2021-05-23
2021 FFO
Location: New Zealand
Date: 2009-10-22
Location: New Zealand
Date: 2009-10-22
Location: Radford Virginia
Date: 2021-05-23
FFO, 2021. Very stunted due to bad spring weather.

Photo courtesy of Blue J Iris. Used with permission.
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Photo courtesy of Blue J Iris. Used with permission.

Photo courtesy of Blue J Iris. Used with permission.
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