Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Barry Blyth
Year Of Registration: 2008
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2009
Seedling Number: O304-1
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 37 inches (94 cm)
Bloom Season: Very Very Early
Flower Form: Bubble Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Wine
Yellow
Flower Patterns: Variegata
Bloom Color Description: Lemon yellow standards; deep burgundy rose falls, deepening to burgundy black at hafts and lightening toward lemon buff rim
Beard Color: Bright mustard yellow

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: L304-1: (F174-4: (Man About Town x Island Dancer) x Fogbound) X M33-1: (Wearing Rubies x Decadence)
Child plants: 26 child plants

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  • Tall Bearded Iris
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