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Hybridizer: Tom Burseen
Year Of Registration: 2009
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2010
Seedling Number: 04-509A
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 35 inches (89 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Flower Form: Ruffled
Laced
Bloom Color Classification: Orange
Yellow
Flower Patterns: Line and Speckles
Bloom Color Description: Cadmium orange standards; yellow ochre falls, creamy yellow centers covered in red purple veins
Beard Color: Tangerine orange
Style Arm Color: Cadmium orange
Fragrance: Slight
Spicy
Awards: Honorable Mention: 2012
Award of Merit: 2014

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: Serious Sighs X Jaw Dropper
Child plants: 19 child plants

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Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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Location: My Garden in Janesville, WI
Date: 2016-05-24
Location: Durham, NC
Date: 2017-04-19
Just opening.
Location: Garland, TX
Date: 2020-04-02
Location: Long Island 
Date: 5/10/22
A little sunshine at 8:30 pm
Location: Durham, NC
Date: 2018-05-01
Location: My Garden in Fort Worth, TX
Date: 2020-04-02
Location: Las Cruces, NM
Date: 2018-05-01
TB Iris Sammie's Jammies
Location: Garland, TX
Date: 2020-04-02
Location: Las Cruces, NM
Date: 2020-04-10
TB Iris Sammie's Jammies

Date: 2014-04-23

Date: 2015-05-07
Location: My garden
Date: 2019-05-24
First year bloom. In bright sun.
Location: My Garden in Fort Worth, TX
Date: 2020-04-01
Location: My Garden in Fort Worth, TX
Date: 2020-04-01
Location: My Garden in Fort Worth, TX
Date: 2020-04-01
Location: Ramona, CA
Date: 2019-04-21

Date: 2020-05-14
Location: Garland, TX
Date: 2021-03-25
Location: Garland, TX
Date: 2020-03-30
Location: My garden in Bakersfield, CA
Date: 2013-04-12
Location: My garden in Bakersfield, CA
Date: April 20, 2012
Location: My garden in Bakersfield, CA
Date: April 20, 2012
Location: My Garden in Fort Worth, TX
Date: 2020-04-01
Uploaded by MaryDurtschi
Location: Cisco, Tx 
Date: 2021-04-12
Location: Will Rogers garden OKC
Date: April 2015
Sammie's Jammie's
Location: Whitesboro, TX
Date: 2018-05-15
Image courtesy of The Shady Spot Iris. All rights reserved.
Location: Superstitions Garden In California
Date: 2012-04-30
Location: My garden in Bakersfield, CA
Date: April 23, 2012
Uploaded by MaryDurtschi

Date: 2013-04-11
Photo courtesy of Napa Country Iris Garden

Photo courtesy of Stout Gardens
Uploaded by MaryDurtschi

Date: 2012-05-12
At a UIS show....
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