Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Frederick Kerr
Year Of Registration: 2014
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2014
Seedling Number: 05-003-1
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 36 inches (91 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Bloom Color Classification: Lavender
White
Yellow
Flower Patterns: Line and Speckles
Bloom Color Description: Variable standards, from solid yellow to yellow with darker veins blending to white with yellow edge; white falls, heavy yellow veining, large yellow hafts, white edge, sometimes with ephemeral short lavender lines between veins mid-fall
Beard Color: Dark yellow
Style Arm Color: Dark 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 9b
Flowers: Showy
Underground structures: Rhizome
Propagation: Seeds: Will not come true from seed
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Ploidy: Tetraploid
Parentage: 02-083-1: (Next Millennium x 99-089A: (Lena Baker x Let's Boogie)) X New Day Dawning

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Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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Location: Center garden in front, Zone 6b
Date: May 17, 2020
Location: Front center garden, Zone 6b
Date: May 17, 2020

Photo courtesy of Fred Kerr's Rainbow Acres

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