Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Lawrence Ransom
Year Of Registration: 1994
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1995
Seedling Number: 90/322
Classification: Miniature Tall Bearded (MTB)
Registered Height: 16 inches (41 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid Late
Bloom Color Description: Medium yellow standards, frosted gold; white falls, faintly edged pale yellow, very fine maroon violet veining or stitching, yellow hafts veined maroon violet
Beard Color: Orange, whiter at end, tipped light maroon violet, occasional very short hairy horn
Space Age Beard Appendages: Horns
Style Arm Color: Medium yellow

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
Underground structures: Rhizome
Propagation: Seeds: Will not come true from seed
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Ploidy: Diploid
Parentage: I. astrachanica sdlg. (SIGNA seed) X Welch's Reward
Child plants: one child plant

Common names
  • Miniature Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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