Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Chet Tompkins
Year Of Registration: 1960
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1962
Seedling Number: 58-112
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 38 inches (97 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Mid Late
Late
Very Late
Bloom Color Classification: Cream
Yellow
Flower Patterns: Glaciata
Bloom Color Description: Lemon cream
Awards: Honorable Mention: 1962

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
Underground structures: Rhizome
Propagation: Seeds: Will not come true from seed
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Ploidy: Tetraploid
Parentage: Bright Sight X Butterhorn
Child plants: 12 child plants

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Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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Location: Santa Cruz Mountains, California
Date: 2016-04-28
Uploaded by Henhouse

photo by:  .Андрей Корзун
Location: Westminster, MD Rebert Garden 2015
Date: 2015-05-22

Date: 2015-03-13
Photo courtesy of Bluebird Haven Iris Garden
Location: Botanical Garden of Moscow State University
Date: June
credit: Andrey Korzun

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