Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Marky Smith
Year Of Registration: 2009
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2010
Seedling Number: 03-19A
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 30 inches (76 cm)
Bloom Season: Early
Flower Form: Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Copper/Brown
Gold
Wine
Flower Patterns: Luminata
Bloom Color Description: Brass standards, edges blending to red mauve; falls have thin brass gold rim, petal heavily washed burgundy black
Beard Color: Yellow orange
Style Arm Color: Drab gold, mauve feathers on crest
Fragrance: Pronounced
Sweet
Awards: Honorable Mention: 2013

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: 00-28Q: (98-34V: (Bruneau Jasper x Flights of Fancy) x 98-34R: (Bruneau Jasper x Flights of Fancy)) X Feelings
Child plants: 2 child plants

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Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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Location: Keith Keppel's garden in Salem, OR
Date: 2011-05-23

Date: 2017-06-04
Location: Mt. Pleasant Iris in WA
Date: 2015-05-13
Location: keppel garden
Date: 2012-06-04
Location: Warfordsburg, PA
Date: 2013-09-16

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