Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Margaret Jenkins
Year Of Registration: 2007
Seedling Number: 8/2-24
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 37 inches (94 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Bloom Color Classification: Peach
Rose
Wine
Bloom Color Description: Apricot standards flushed rose in center; red black falls, hafts cream veined red black
Beard Color: Wine tipped orange, end orange
Style Arm Color: Apricot and plum
Fragrance: Slight

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: 6/86-9: (Rustler x Pink Froth) X 5/95-11: (2/13-1: (Mandolin x Bengal Tiger) x 2/15-11: (Plum Gleam x Chinese Empress))

Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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