Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Monty Byers
Year Of Registration: 1988
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1989
Seedling Number: D69-105
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 36 inches (91 cm)
Bloom Season: Early
Early Mid
Mid
Mid Late
Rebloom
Rebloom by Zone: Known To Rebloom Zone 4: -30° to -20°
Flower Form: Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Yellow
Bloom Color Description: Creamy straw to light yellow standards, hint of ecru; medium yellow falls, a variable greenish ecru influence and dark brown lines at hafts to just below beards
Beard Color: Yellow
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: Spirit of Memphis X Soap Opera
Child plants: one child plant

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Date: 2019-05-22
Iris 'Buckwheat'
Location: Sussex, UK
Date: early May 2020
Cheerful yellow iris with a ruffled edge and veined hafts.

Date: 2016-01-11
reblooms faithfully in zone 7A

Date: 2015-02-13

Date: 2015-02-13

Date: 2015-02-13

Photo courtesy of Blue J Iris Used with permission.

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Location: southern KY
Date: 2019-05-13
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Date: 2018-04-21

Date: 2015-02-13
Location: Poilly-Lez-Gien France
"Photo courtesy of Cayeux Iris. Used with permission."
Location: Tom Bruce's Carolina Daylilies
Date: 2018-04-21
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