Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Monty Byers
Year Of Registration: 1990
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1991
Seedling Number: E45-100
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 35 inches (89 cm)
Bloom Season: Early Mid
Rebloom
Rebloom by Zone: Known To Rebloom Zone 6:-10° to 0°
Known To Rebloom Zone 7: 0°-10°
Bloom Color Classification: Copper/Brown
White
Yellow
Flower Patterns: Plicata
Bloom Color Description: Yellow standards; pale straw yellow falls, slightly deeper yellow hafts and border peppered and sanded rose brown, small white area beard
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: Broadway X Spirit of Fiji
Child plants: 2 child plants

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Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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Location: Mount Enterprise, Texas
Date: 2023-04-20
Location: Sass Memorial Garden near Ashland, Nebraska
Date: 2011-05-12
Location: Chino Valley Arizona
Date: 2021-11-19
Location: Sass Memorial Garden near Ashland, Nebraska
Date: 2011-05-12

Photo courtesy of Blue J Iris Used with permission.
Location: Sass Memorial Garden near Ashland, NE
Date: 2012-04-17

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Photo Courtesy of Daylilies by the Pond. Used with Permission.
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Location: Weiser, ID
Date: 2014 season
Comments:
  • Posted by grannysgarden (Harris Brake Lake, Arkansas - Zone 7a) on Oct 18, 2015 10:59 AM concerning plant:
    Barn Dance has never failed to rebloom for me in zone 7a.

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