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Hybridizer: Frederick Kerr
Year Of Registration: 2011
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2012
Seedling Number: 04-0262B
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 38 inches (97 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Flower Form: Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Gold
Violet
Flower Patterns: Blend
Bloom Color Description: Terracotta orange standards infused darker from base; orange falls overlaid magnolia purple heavily veined imperial purple to 1/2" orange edge
Beard Color: Indian orange
Style Arm Color: Tuscan yellow, terracotta hafts
Fragrance: Slight
Sweet

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: American Maid X Under the Tuscan Sun

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Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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Location: My Garden in Janesville, WI
Date: 2019-05-31
Location: Home garden
Date: 2017-04-26
Location: My Garden in Janesville, WI
Date: 2018-05-26
Location: My garden
Date: 2019-06-06
First year bloom.
Location: My Garden in Janesville, WI
Date: 2017-05-26
Location: Aitken's Salmon Creek Garden
Date: 2015-05-23
Location: Michigan-my garden
Date: 2023-06-03
Location: My garden
Date: 2019-06-06
Location: My garden
Date: 2019-06-16
First year bloom.
Location: Aitken's Salmon Creek Garden
Date: 2015-05-23
Photo by coboro
Location: Aitken's Salmon Creek Gardens, Vancouver, WA.
Date: 2015-05-23
AIS National Convention, Portland, OR -- Iris in Wonderland 2015
Location: Aitken's Salmon Creek Gardens, Vancouver, WA.
Date: 2015-05-23
AIS National Convention, Portland, OR -- Iris in Wonderland 2015
Location: Mid-America Gardens, Salem, Oregon
Date: 2017-05-22
Full sun, 91 degrees F 32.7 degrees C
Location: My garden
Date: 2019-06-16
Late bloom.
Location: Michigan-my garden
Date: 2018-06-10
Location: Michigan-my garden

Date: 2021-05-25
Location: Iowa
Date: 2022-05-31
Location: Cisco, Tx 
Date: 2021-05-01

Photo courtesy of Fred Kerr's Rainbow Acres
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