Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Roger Nelson
Year Of Registration: 1985
Seedling Number: RN 81-2K
Classification: Border Bearded (BB)
Registered Height: 25 inches (64 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Bloom Color Description: Butterscotch and tan standards, rose wine highlights; butterscotch tan, heavily veined and streaked rose wine, yellow orange hafts, some white veins
Beard Color: Gold orange
Fragrance: Pronounced
Spicy

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: H74-63H: (((Fountain Blue x High Heels) x (Fountain Blue x Katherine J. McLain)) x Caramba) X Formosa Spring

Common names
  • Border Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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