Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Gordon Plough
Year Of Registration: 1972
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1973
Seedling Number: 67-31-7
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 36 inches (91 cm)
Bloom Season: Early
Early Mid
Mid
Mid Late
Late
Bloom Color Classification: Yellow
Flower Patterns: Bitone
Bloom Color Description: Primrose yellow standards; dark chartreuse green falls
Beard Color: Primrose yellow
Awards: Honorable Mention: 1975

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: Singing Pines X Sylvan Sprite
Child plants: 3 child plants

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Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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Location: north bed
Date: 2018-05-27
sunny
Location: z6a MA, My Garden
Date: 2012-05-20
Location: north bed
Date: 2018-05-27
sunny
Location: north bed
Date: 2018-05-27
sunny
Location: z6a MA, My Garden
Date: 2012-05-20
Location: north bed
Date: 2018-05-27
sunny

Photo courtesy of Blue J Iris Used with permission.
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