Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Frederick Kerr
Year Of Registration: 2011
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2012
Seedling Number: 05-019-3
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 38 inches (97 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Flower Form: Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Peach
Wine
Flower Patterns: Emma Cook
Bloom Color Description: Orange standards; apricot falls, lighter around beards, veined darker, 1/2" brick red edge
Beard Color: Nasturtium red
Style Arm Color: Orange
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: New Day Dawning X 03-002A: (00-93A: (Bold Vision x Schreiner EE-203A) x 01-031A: (99-088A x Next Millenium))
Child plants: one child plant

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Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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Location: Henry County, Virginia
Date: 2020-05-01
Top down view.
Location: Henry County, Virginia
Date: 2020-05-01
Photo by TBMan
Location: Home garden
Date: 2016-03-20
Location: Elk Grove, CA
Date: 3/23/17
Location: Henry County, Virginia
Date: 2020-05-01
GOR-GEOUS!
Location: Santa Cruz Mountains, California
Date: 2018-04-23
Location: Sacramento, CA
Date: 2019-04-13
Location: My Garden in Fort Worth, TX
Date: 2018-03-31
Location: McPherson KS
Date: 2023-05-08
Location: Home garden
Date: 2015-03-29
Location: Henry County, Virginia
Date: 2020-04-30
Unfurling this evening!
Location: Home garden
Date: 2015-03-28
Location: Zone 7 Knoxville
Date: 2018-04-21
Location: Home garden
Date: 2015-03-29
Location: Home garden
Date: 2015-03-29
Location: Elk Grove, CA
Date: 2016-03-13
Modern Drama 3/13/16 2
Location: Elk Grove, CA
Date: 2016-03-13
Modern Drama 3/13/16

Photo courtesy of Fred Kerr's Rainbow Acres

Photo courtesy of Stout Gardens
  • Uploaded by Joy
Location: Will Rogers Garden OKC
Date: April 2015
Modern Drama
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