Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Tom Burseen
Year Of Registration: 1990
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1993
Seedling Number: 6-185A
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 36 inches (91 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Flower Form: Laced
Bloom Color Classification: Wine
Yellow
Bloom Color Description: Creamy yellow standards, sprayed maroon red dots and streaks; maroon red falls, fine yellow edge, white and yellow streaks on hafts and halfway down falls
Beard Color: Gold
Fragrance: Spicy

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: Villa Splendor X 4-231A: (Fiji Dancer x Wings of Dreams)

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Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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Location: Durham, NC
Date: 2020-04-25
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Date: 2021-04-20
Location: Durham, NC
Date: 2020-04-18
Laced crests!
Location: Durham, NC
Date: 2023-04-20
In full sun.

Photo courtesy of Blue J Iris. Used with permission.

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