Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Indra Belford
Year Of Registration: 1997
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2006
Seedling Number: 89A-1-9124
Classification: Border Bearded (BB)
Registered Height: 26 inches (66 cm)
Bloom Season: Early Mid
Bloom Color Description: Tan yellow standards, veined orchid, orchid blushed border at tip, aging pinkish; burgundy violet falls edged pale tan, yellow edged on white hafts, overall red brown tracery
Beard Color: White base, golden orange hair tips, 3/4" white to amethyst fuzzy horn
Space Age Beard Appendages: Horns
Style Arm Color: Pale lavender, edges blended yellow
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 8b
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Underground structures: Rhizome
Propagation: Seeds: Will not come true from seed
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Ploidy: Tetraploid
Parentage: Camelot Rose X Horned Tantalizer

Common names
  • Border Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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