Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Brad Kasperek
Year Of Registration: 1994
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1996
Seedling Number: 91B-7E
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 31 inches (79 cm)
Bloom Season: Early
Flower Form: Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Tan
Silver/Grey
Wine
Yellow
Flower Patterns: Broken
Bloom Color Description: Light brown sugar standards, butter yellow at base, lightly splashed with silver white; mahogany falls with silver white streaking, shoulders butter yellow overlaid mahogany
Beard Color: Golden brown
Fragrance: Pronounced
Spicy
Awards: Honorable Mention: 1998
Award of Merit: 2000

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: Hot Streak X Tiger Honey
Child plants: 14 child plants

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Common names
  • Iris
  • Tall Bearded Iris

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Location: Russia, Krasnodarskij Kraj
Date: 2016-05-10
Location: my garden
Date: 2016-04-22

Date: 2024-05-01
Location: Cottonwood, CA
Date: 2021-03-28
Location: Russia, Krasnodarskij Kraj
Date: 2018-05-17
Location: Photo by Carol Bacskai; zone 5b, Yorkville, IL
Date: 2023-05-21
Location: Cisco, Tx 
Date: 2020-03-22
Location: Russia, Krasnodarskij Kraj
Date: 2018-05-17
Location: Cottonwood, CA
Date: 2020-04-17
Location: Home
Location: Wisconsin
Date: 2014-06-06
Spiced Tiger
Location: my garden in Dawsonville, GA (zone 7b north Geogia mountains)
Date: 2022-05-01
Location: Hobart, Tasmania
Date: October 2015
Iris "Spiced Tiger"
Location: Cisco, Tx 
Date: 2020-03-22
Location: Lancaster, CA
Location: Chino Valley Arizona
Date: 2021-05-09
Location: In my garden
Date: 2013-04-26
Location: Hobart, Tasmania
Date: 2017-04-07
Spiced Tiger Tall Bearded Iris
Location: my garden in Dawsonville, GA (zone 7b north Geogia mountains)
Date: 2022-05-01
Location: San Diego, CA
Date: 2016-06-26
one of my favorites, nice broken color, bloomed out one year
Location: Australia
Date: 2021-10-24
Spiced Tiger

Date: 2012-04-25
Location: San Diego, CA
Date: 2014-05-14
Location: OHIO
Date: 5-18-14
TALL BEARDE IRIS "SPICED TIGER"
Location: Australia
Date: 2022-10-30
Spiced Tiger
Location: Australia
Date: 2021-10-22

Date: 2005-05-15
Photo courtesy of Napa Country Iris Garden
Uploaded by Calif_Sue
Location: Lancaster, CA
Date: Spring 2017

Photo courtesy of Sutton's Iris Gardens
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Uploaded by Calif_Sue
Location: My zone 8a north Georgia garden
Date: 2024-04-29
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dragonfetti On April 18, 2015 Obtained plant
I.R.I.S. Inland Region Iris Society sale; potted plant; $8.00; LLO
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