Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Tom Burseen
Year Of Registration: 1995
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1995
Seedling Number: 8-123D
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 36 inches (91 cm)
Bloom Season: Early
Flower Form: Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Orange
Bloom Color Description: Pinkish orange standards; light orange falls, veined light red brown, white ray pattern from beards
Beard Color: Orange
Style Arm Color: Pinkish orange
Fragrance: Musky

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: 5-179: (Flower Show x Mandolin) X Pulse Rate Date
Child plants: 27 child plants

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  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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Location: Anderson California 
Date: 2018-04-12
This is one big flower!!
Location: Anderson California 
Date: 2018-04-12
Location: Pleasants Valley Iris Farm, Vacaville CA
Date: Spring
Photo courtesy of Pleasants Valley Iris Farm, www.irisfarmer.com

Date: 2008-06-16
Image courtesy of Blue J Iris

Photo courtesy of Williamson Farm Flowers

Photo courtesy of Blue J Iris Used with permission.

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