Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Barry Blyth
Year Of Registration: 2016
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2019
Seedling Number: X178-2
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 36 inches (91 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Flower Form: Bubble Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Cream
Gold
Yellow
Bloom Color Description: Cream to lemon standards; cream falls, hafts of green gold to olive gold extending about 1/3 way down petal, butterfly shaped
Beard Color: Lemon over white
Fragrance: Pronounced
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: Keppel 06-156S: (00-221C: (Venetian Glass x Society Page) x Haunted Heart) X Johnson TB-124KK: (Rogue Trader x Blyth 0133-1: (Rules of Love x Decadence))

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Date: 2017-05-29
Location: Smokin Heights
Date: 2019-05-17

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Location: Santa Cruz Mountains, California
Date: 2024-05-08
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Location: Las Cruces, NM
Date: 2022-05-06
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