Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Jack & Phyllis Dickey
Year Of Registration: 2003
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2003
Seedling Number: MH97-26-4RE
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 30 inches (76 cm)
Bloom Season: Early
Rebloom
Bloom Color Description: Peach, 1/16" gold band around all petals
Beard Color: Orange
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: Mil Byers X Caroline Gibbs

Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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