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Hybridizer: Richard Ernst
Year Of Registration: 2008
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2008
Seedling Number: W112-23
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 36 inches (91 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Bloom Color Description: White standards with lemon yellow gilt; lemon yellow falls blended white in center
Beard Color: Tangerine
Style Arm Color: White, yellow gilt crests
Awards: Honorable Mention: 2011
Award of Merit: 2013

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: Whispering Spirits X Amarillo Frills
Child plants: 10 child plants

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Common names
  • Iris
  • Tall Bearded Iris

Photo Gallery
Location: Photo by Carol Bacskai; zone 5b, Yorkville, IL
Date: 2022-05-30
Location: Washington 8b
Date: 2019-05-28
Location: Mandan, ND
Date: 2019-06-24
Location: My Garden in Janesville, WI
Date: 2015-05-28
Location: Keith Keppel Iris Garden, Salem, Oregon
Date: 2015-05-19
AIS National Convention, Portland, OR--Iris in Wonderland 2015
Location: Las Cruces, NM
Date: 2023-05-03
TB Iris Zesting Lemons
Location: my yard
Date: 2017
Uploaded by tveguy3
Location: my yard
Date: 2017
Location: Photo by Carol Bacskai; zone 5b, Yorkville, IL
Date: 2021-05-24
Location: Photo by Carol Bacskai; zone 5b, Yorkville, IL
Date: 2024-05-19
Location: My Garden in Janesville, WI
Date: 2015-05-28
Location: Frannie's Iris Garden, Elk Grove, CA
Date: 2016-05-04
Location: Washington 8b
Date: 2022-06-07
Location: My garden, central NJ, Zone 7A
Date: 2016-05-21
Iris Zesting Lemons
Location: Las Cruces, NM
Date: 2022-05-06
TB Iris Zesting Lemons
Uploaded by tveguy3
Location: Las Cruces, NM
Date: 2019-04-29
TB Iris Zesting Lemons
Uploaded by MaryDurtschi
Uploaded by MaryDurtschi
Location: Washington
Date: 2016-05-12
Location: My garden in Western Minnesota
Date: 2020-08-04
Location: Photo by Carol Bacskai; zone 5b, Yorkville, IL
Date: 2021-06-02
Uploaded by tveguy3
Uploaded by tveguy3
Location: Photo by Carol Bacskai; zone 5b, Yorkville, IL
Date: 2024-05-19
Location: My garden, central NJ, Zone 7A
Date: 2018-05-21
Zesting Lemons
Uploaded by MaryDurtschi

Photo courtesy of Blue J Iris. Used with permission.
  • Uploaded by Joy
Location: Willamette Valley Oregon
Date: 2014-05-16
Location: Catheys Valley CA
Photo courtesy of Superstition Iris Gardens, posted with permissi

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