Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Ben Hager
Year Of Registration: 1989
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1990
Seedling Number: SP4884YBldPrHr
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 40 inches (102 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Mid Late
Late
Flower Form: Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Gold
Lavender
Yellow
Flower Patterns: Blend
Bloom Color Description: Bright yellow standards; lavender white falls, deep gold hafts, wide yellow edge
Beard Color: Bright purple
Space Age Beard Appendages: Horns
Awards: Honorable Mention: 1992
Award of Merit: 1995

General Plant Information (Edit)
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
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
Flower Color: White
Yellow
Flower Time: Spring
Underground structures: Rhizome
Propagation: Seeds: Will not come true from seed
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Ploidy: Tetraploid
Parentage: SP4432Tn/Oc: ((Birthstone x Sky Hooks) x Jester) X SP4078: (Barbary Coast x Buckthorn)
Child plants: 41 child plants

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  • Tall Bearded Iris
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Photo by starwoman
Location: Switzerland, Merian Gardens Basel
Date: 2017-05-20
Location: Radford Virginia
Date: 2021-05-24
2021 FFO = 5/22 on a new plant.
Location: Saratoga, CA
Date: 2021-04-22
Location: Santa Cruz Mountains, California
Date: 2018-05-02
Location: Saratoga, CA
Date: 2021-04-22

Date: 2017-11-09
Location: Richlands, NC
Date: 2022-04-25

Date: 2017-11-09
Location: Australia
Date: 2021-11-11
Location: Warfordsburg, PA
Date: 2012-04-29
Triple Whammy (B.Hager 1989)
Location: Warfordsburg, PA
Date: 2012-05-05
Location: New Zealand
Date: 2013-10-27
Absolutely huge flower in 2013
Location: New Zealand
Date: 2013-11-03
Location: New Zealand
Date: 2013-11-03
Photo by Misawa77

Date: 2017-11-11
Location: Weiser, ID
Date: 2013 season

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