Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Rita Caldwell
Year Of Registration: 1984
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1986
Seedling Number: 281-2
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 35 inches (89 cm)
Bloom Season: Early
Early Mid
Mid
Mid Late
Late
Bloom Color Classification: Yellow
Bloom Color Description: Sulphur yellow
Beard Color: Sulphur yellow, deepening to orange in throat

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: CA 79-1: (Caramba x (((Lilac Champagne x Sunset Snows) x (Sunset Snows x Campus Flirt)) x (Barcelona x Outer Limits)) x Spanish Gift)) X Solano
Child plants: one child plant

Image
Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

Photo Gallery
Location: Adelaide South Australia
Date: 2021-10-07

« Add a new plant to the database

» Search the Irises Database: by characteristics or by cultivar name

« See the general plant entry for Irises (Iris)

« Visit the Irises forum

« The Irises Database Front Page

« The Plants Database Front Page

Today's site banner is by RootedInDirt and is called "Amazing Grace Phlox"

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.