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Iris |
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Tall Bearded Iris |
Hybridizer: | Monty Byers |
Year Of Registration: | 1990 |
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): | 1991 |
Seedling Number: | E101-1 |
Classification: | Tall Bearded (TB) |
Registered Height: | 36 inches (91 cm) |
Bloom Season: | Mid |
Bloom Color Classification: | White |
Flower Patterns: | Self |
Bloom Color Description: | White |
Beard Color: | Tangerine red, large uplifted frilly white flounce terminating in pale green button pompon |
Space Age Beard Appendages: | Flounces Pompoms |
Awards: | Honorable Mention: 1993 Award of Merit: 1996 John C. Wister Medal: 2000 Dykes Memorial Medal: 2002 |
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 |
Parentage: | B37-12: (Sky Hooks x Condottiere) X Branching Out |
Child plants: | 208 child plants |
VAMOJO | On July 14, 2017 | Obtained plant KC-MI |
UndyingLight | On September 8, 2018 | Obtained plant Planted September 7th, 2018 |
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