Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Paul Black
Year Of Registration: 2005
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2005
Seedling Number: J460C
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 41 inches (104 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid Late
Flower Form: Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Peach
White
Flower Patterns: Blend
Bloom Color Description: White standards, light peach center and veins shot into upper 2/3; white falls, wide extended apricot-peach hafts, paler peach band around lower half of, short white veins over haft
Beard Color: Bright orange
Style Arm Color: White, apricot peach ridge and edges
Fragrance: Pronounced
Sweet
Awards: Honorable Mention: 2008
Award of Merit: 2010

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: Tropical Magic X G36A: (Blush of Color x Taunt)
Child plants: 20 child plants

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Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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Location: in my garden, Switzerland
Date: 2019-05-26
Iris Padded Shoulders
Location: full sun - zone 7
Date: 2020-06-03

Date: 2020-05-17
Location: my yard
Location: full sun - zone 7
Date: 2018-06-04
Location: full sun - zone 7
Date: 2018-06-04
Location: CA
Date: 2022-05-05
OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA
Location: York PA
Date: 05-30-2015
Susquehanna Iris Society 2015 Show
Uploaded by irisloverdee
Location: full sun - zone 7
Date: 2018-06-04
Location: full sun - zone 7
Date: 2020-06-03
Showing beard.
Location: full sun - zone 7
Date: 2017-10-02
Location: My garden, Long Island NY
Date: 2021-05-27
Padded Shoulders glowing in the early morning light 😍

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