Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Monty Byers
Year Of Registration: 1989
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1991
Seedling Number: D221-1-B
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 35 inches (89 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Mid Late
Late
Bloom Color Classification: Orchid
Violet
Yellow
Flower Patterns: Blend
Bloom Color Description: Coral pink standards lightly infused orchid pink in center, suffused yellow gold rim; crystalline orchid falls, violet texture veining overall, suffused yellow gold rim, gold hafts and pink infusion spread out and down from around beards
Beard Color: Pinkish orange, white horns
Space Age Beard Appendages: Horns
Style Arm Color: Orchid, yellow crests

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: Beverly Sills X (Sky Hooks x Condottiere)
Child plants: 10 child plants

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Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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Location: Masterton New Zealand
Date: 2022-10-31
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Location: Masterton New Zealand
Date: 2022-11-01
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