Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Barry Blyth
Year Of Registration: 1995
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1995
Seedling Number: A166-4
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 36 inches (91 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Flower Form: Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Tan
Wine
Flower Patterns: Bicolor
Bloom Color Description: Biscuit to beige standards, flushed rose; ruby falls, lighter edge
Beard Color: Old gold
Fragrance: Slight
Musky

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: Town Gossip X Supreme Sultan
Child plants: 14 child plants

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Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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Plant Events from our members
Australis On November 17, 2024 Plant Ended (Removed, Died, Discarded, etc)
Gave to a family member.
Australis On November 8, 2024 Transplanted
Put into a large pot to give to family.
Australis From October 23, 2024 to November 7, 2024 Bloomed
Single bloom stalk.
Australis On December 6, 2023 Transplanted
Slipped pot contents into a prepared spot in the garden bed.
Australis On July 29, 2023 Potted up
Slip-potted into a larger pot.
Australis On December 29, 2021 Obtained plant
Purchased from a roadside stall at Yarck.
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