Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: D. Shepard
Year Of Registration: 1989
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1989
Seedling Number: 86051
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 44 inches (112 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Flower Form: Fluted
Bloom Color Classification: Cream
Yellow
Flower Patterns: Bicolor
Bloom Color Description: Pale cream yellow standards, edged deeper pale yellow; cream white falls, narrow creamy yellow edge, bright yellow shoulders
Beard Color: Blue
Style Arm Color: Pale cream yellow, light blue rim at lip area

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: Song of Norway X Well Endowed

Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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