Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Barry Blyth
Year Of Registration: 2008
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2008
Seedling Number: O257-1
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 35 inches (89 cm)
Bloom Season: Very Very Early
Very Early
Early
Early Mid
Mid
Flower Form: Bubble Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Peach
Rose
Violet
Flower Patterns: Blend
Bloom Color Description: Butterscotch apricot standards; apricot falls, heavily overlaid rosy violet, heavy apricot texture veining, lighter apricot wash around beard that runs out to undefined apricot edge
Beard Color: Bright tangerine
Fragrance: Pronounced
Sweet

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: Puff the Magic X Looking Beautiful

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Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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