Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Barry Blyth
Year Of Registration: 1998
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1998
Seedling Number: D59-1
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 38 inches (96 cm)
Bloom Season: Very Very Early
Very Early
Early
Early Mid
Mid
Flower Form: Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Peach
Rose
Flower Patterns: Bicolor
Bloom Color Description: Creamy buff standards; smoky rose to old rose falls, 1/4" blended creamy buff edge
Beard Color: Bronze at end, bronze tangerine to tangerine in throat
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: Sweet Delight X Ace Royale
Child plants: 3 child plants

Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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