Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Bernard Hamner
Year Of Registration: 1973
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1974
Seedling Number: 70-17
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 37 inches (94 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Mid Late
Late
Flower Form: Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Copper/Brown
Violet
Wine
Flower Patterns: Blend
Bloom Color Description: Plum, violet and rust standards; plum violet falls, 1/4" plum, violet and rust band
Beard Color: Violet, tipped yellow
Awards: Honorable Mention: 1975
Award of Merit: 1979

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: Debby Rairdon X New Moon
Child plants: 14 child plants

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Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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Location: Vancouver,  WA 
Date: 2018-05-13
5 17 2018
Location: Cisco, Tx 
Date: 2020-04-09
Location: Michigan-my garden
Date: 2018-06-10
Location: My garden in northeast Texas
Date: 2013-04-21
Location: My garden in northeast Texas
Date: 2013-04-21
Photo of beautiful throat of Gypsy Belle
Location: Michigan-my garden
Location: My garden in northeast Texas
Date: 2013-04-21
Plant of Gypsy Belle
Location: Michigan-my garden
Date: June 4, 2017
Location: Lucketts, Loudoun County, Virginia
Date: 2008-05-27
Comments:
  • Posted by Avedon (NE Tex - Zone 8a) on Apr 22, 2013 6:29 PM concerning plant:
    One of the few hybrid Irises growing here, and I only know it for sure because it is so distinctive. I think the colors are just amazing. This iris was purchased from Schreiner's sometime in the mid 90's, and it was moved here in 1999. Most of the irises did not do well, so we moved them to the west fence line and forgot about them until this year when they started blooming. They are growing in two different areas and doing just fine, a wonderful and beautiful flower.

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