Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Lesley Painter
Year Of Registration: 2016
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2016
Seedling Number: L09-20D
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 36 inches (91 cm)
Bloom Season: Early
Early Mid
Mid
Mid Late
Late
Flower Form: Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Orchid
Peach
Flower Patterns: Bicolor
Bloom Color Description: Peach apricot standards, slight rose tinted midrib; orchid mauve falls, lighter around beards, deep orchid mauve shoulders
Beard Color: White, tipped coral
Style Arm Color: Peach apricot
Fragrance: Musky
Awards: Honorable Mention: 2021

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: Touch of Mahogany X Picture Book

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  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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Location: San Rafael, CA
Date: 2020-04-30
Fell in love during our visit to Napa in 2016.    Thank you John
Location: At Napa Iris Gardens
Date: 2016-04-16
Location: napa
Date: 2018-05-04
Location: Michigan-my garden
Date: June 5, 2017
Location: At Napa Iris Gardens
Date: 2016-04-16

Date: 2017-04-29

Blyth's One Man's Art in background
Location: San Rafael, CA
Date: 2020-04-30

Date: 2017-04-29

Photo courtesy of Napa Country Iris Garden
Uploaded by Lbsmitty
Location: Michigan-my garden
Date: May 30, 2017
Location: San Rafael, CA
Date: 2020-05-02
Location: Mount Enterprise, Texas
Date: 2023-04-23
Location: Catheys Valley California
Photo courtesy of Superstition Iris Gardens, posted with permissi

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