Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Barry Blyth
Year Of Registration: 2009
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2010
Seedling Number: O256-C
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 40 inches (102 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Flower Form: Bubble Ruffled
Flared
Bloom Color Classification: Yellow
Bloom Color Description: Lemon yellow, standards; lemon yellow falls, whitish area and bluish haze below beards
Beard Color: Mustard
Fragrance: Slight
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: L174-A: (H61-1: (Wishful Thinking x Kathleen Kay Nelson) x H153-1: (Coffee Whispers x E107-1: ((Peach Brandy x Electrique) x Silk Degrees))) X Mango Daiquiri
Child plants: 2 child plants

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Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

Photo Gallery
Location: Durham, NC
Date: 2019-04-29
Amber in shade as shown, turns golden yellow in full sun.

Date: 2020-05-11

Date: 2020-05-11

Date: 2020-05-08
Location: Bochnia, Poland
Date: 2013-07-10
Location: Bochnia, Poland
Date: 2013-07-10
Location: keppel garden
Date: 2012-06-04
Location: Mid-America Gardens, Salem, Oregon
Date: 2016-05-05
Location: Keith Keppel's Garden
Date: 2015-05-14
Location: Keith Keppel's Garden
Date: 2015-05-14

Photo courtesy of Mid-America Garden
Location: keppel garden
Date: 2012-06-01
Location: keppel garden
Date: 2012-06-04

Photo courtesy of Stout Gardens
Location: Catheys Valley CA
Date: 04-23-2015
Photo courtesy of Superstition Iris Gardens, posted with permissi

Photo courtesy of Iris Sisters Farm, used with permission
Location: keppel garden
Date: 2012-06-01
Comments:
  • Posted by KentPfeiffer (Southeast Nebraska - Zone 5b) on Oct 5, 2012 7:20 PM concerning plant:
    Sibling to 'Enter The Dragon' and 'Comes The Dawn'.
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