Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Michael Sutton
Year Of Registration: 2000
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2001
Seedling Number: J-214-F
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 35 inches (89 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid Late
Bloom Color Description: Spanish orange standards; blue violet falls, lighter around beard, shoulders spanish orange
Beard Color: Poppy, fuzzy lavender horn
Space Age Beard Appendages: Horns
Style Arm Color: Spanish orange

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: G-19: (Sweet Musette x Twice Thrilling) X G-109: (Magic Kingdom x Good Show)
Child plants: 9 child plants

Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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