Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Nora Scopes
Year Of Registration: 1999
Seedling Number: 06/78
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 37 inches (94 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid Late
Bloom Color Description: Deep greenish gold standards; deep crimson falls, blackish sheen intensifying in centers, lighter crimson centerline, orange in throat
Beard Color: Deep yellow
Fragrance: 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: 03/150B: (Thriller x ((Hula Hula x (Owlslight x (Lovely Peace x Gracious Living))) x Bobby Dazzler)) X 9S126B: ((Rose Opal x unknown) x Magic Man)
Child plants: one child plant

Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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