Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Sterling Innerst
Year Of Registration: 1989
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1990
Seedling Number: 2988-5
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 36 inches (91 cm)
Bloom Season: Early
Early Mid
Mid
Bloom Color Classification: Tan
Violet
White
Flower Patterns: Plicata
Bloom Color Description: Medium brown standards; white falls, 1/4" purple trim on edge
Beard Color: Bronze, tipped yellow
Foliage: Purple Based
Fragrance: Slight
Sweet
Awards: Honorable Mention: 1993
Award of Merit: 1995

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: Colortrak X Ted Shiner
Child plants: 20 child plants

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Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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Location: Las Cruces, NM
Date: 2020-04-26
TB Iris Tennessee Woman
Location: Las Cruces, NM
Date: 2017-04-22
Iris Tennessee Woman
Location: Tumbarumba NSW Ausralia
Date: November 2022
Tennessee Woman
Location: -Tasmania 2014
Date: 2016-10-30
Photo by Misawa77

Photo courtesy of Iris City Gardens

Photo courtesy of Blue J Iris. Used with permission.

Date: 2019-10-25

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