Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: James Gibson
Year Of Registration: 1979
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1980
Seedling Number: 65-4C
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 34 inches (86 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Flower Form: Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Wine
Yellow
Flower Patterns: Plicata
Bloom Color Description: Yellow, finely speckled red purple on standards, heavier speckling and striations of deeper red purple on falls
Beard Color: Yellow orange
Awards: Honorable Mention: 1982

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: 22-2: (Orange Plush x Anon) X 25-2A: (Orange Plush x 14-9A)
Child plants: 47 child plants

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Location: My garden in SE PA
Date: 2013-05-21

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