Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Manley Osborne
Year Of Registration: 1979
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1979
Seedling Number: 3-32
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 35 1/2 inches (38 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Flower Form: Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Copper/Brown
Rose
Violet
Bloom Color Description: Cinnamon standards; rose violet falls, cinnamon border
Beard Color: Gold, violet horns
Space Age Beard Appendages: Horns

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: New Moon X Spooned Blaze
Child plants: 22 child plants

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  • Tall Bearded Iris
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Location: Yorkville, IL
Date: 2020-06-01
Location: Yorkville, IL
Date: 2020-06-01
Location: Yorkville, IL
Date: 2020-06-04
Location: Yorkville, IL
Date: 2020-06-03

Date: 2015-03-11
Photo courtesy of Bluebird Haven Iris Garden

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