Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: James Gibson by Cooley's Gardens
Year Of Registration: 1993
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1992
Seedling Number: 49-9J
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 33 inches (84 cm)
Bloom Season: Early Mid
Flower Form: Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Copper/Brown
Gold
White
Flower Patterns: Plicata
Bloom Color Description: Golden amber standards; deep gold falls, center paling to white, amber brown plicata shoulders and stripe at end of beards
Beard Color: Gold, tipped amber
Awards: Honorable Mention: 1994

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: 22-4A: ((Co Co Mocha x 83-6B: (68-2PB: ((Henna Stitches x Wild Ginger) x (Henna Stitches x Wild Ginger)) x 37-4PL)) x (Pink Ember x Smoke Rings)) X 72-4C: (Kilt Lilt x 17-2A: ((Copper Capers x 55-6A) x 47-08: (43-8A: (Apricot Blaze x 40-4A) x 23-7A: (30-5B: (35-1 PB1A: (23-4B x Rococo) x April Melody)) x 142-4A: (86-2PF x 2-2 PL)))))
Child plants: one child plant

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  • Tall Bearded Iris
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