Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Barry Blyth
Year Of Registration: 2005
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2005
Seedling Number: M55-1
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 35 inches (89 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Flower Form: Bubble Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Peach
Violet
Flower Patterns: Bicolor
Bloom Color Description: Buff lemon standards, faintly infused soft lavender at midrib; deep red violet falls with 1/4" lavender violet edge
Beard Color: Deep tangerine to coffee brown

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: Decadence X K96-1: (Fogbound x Starring)
Child plants: 11 child plants

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Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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Location: Russia, Krasnodarskij Kraj
Date: 2019-05-18
Location: Russia, Krasnodarskij Kraj
Date: 2020-05-20
Location: Russia, Krasnodarskij Kraj
Date: 2020-05-19
Location: Michigan-my garden
Date: 2018-06-01
Location: Michigan-my garden
Date: Spring 2021
Location: Michigan-my garden
Date: 2018-06-02
Location: keppel garden
Date: 2012-06-01
Location: keppel garden
Date: 2012-06-04

Photo courtesy of Sutton's Iris Gardens
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Location: Catheys Valley CA
Photo courtesy of Superstition Iris Gardens, posted with permissi
Location: Kansas City, MO
Date: 2016-05-06

Date: 2013-01-20
Photo courtesy of Napa Country Iris Garden

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