Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Porreca
Year Of Registration: 1958
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1960
Seedling Number: 257
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 32 inches (81 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid Late
Bloom Color Classification: Peach
Bloom Color Description: Orange apricot, suffused pink
Beard Color: Orange red

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
Underground structures: Rhizome
Propagation: Seeds: Will not come true from seed
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Ploidy: Tetraploid
Parentage: ((Pink Cameo x Hall 50-28) x (Peaches x Hall 50-29)) X ((Jeb Stuart x Flora Zenor) x Mary Randall) 'x ((Pink Cameo x Mary Randall) x Paradise Pink)
Child plants: 4 child plants

Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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