Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Frederick Kerr
Year Of Registration: 2011
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2012
Seedling Number: 02-049-1
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 36” inches (91 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid Late
Rebloom
Rebloom by Zone: Known To Rebloom Zone 7: 0°-10°
Flower Form: Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Peach
White
Flower Patterns: Debby Rairdon
Bloom Color Description: Peach standards, inside white edged peach; white falls, 1/2" dark apricot edge
Beard Color: Indian orange
Style Arm Color: Peach
Fragrance: Slight
Sweet
Awards: Honorable Mention: 2018

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: 98-065A: (Winning Edge x 93-085-5: (Quick Pick x 90-023-3: (Blazing Sunrise x Guadalajara))) X Return Address

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Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
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Location: Keith Keppel's Garden
Date: 2015-05-14

Date: 2017-04-29
Location: Keith Keppel's Garden
Date: 2015-05-14
Location: San Diego, CA
Date: 2023-04-20
very ruffled, almost did not open right (one fall still kinked)
Location: NAPA
Date: 2017-04-29
Location: San Diego, CA
Date: 2023-04-20
apricot is a good description, definitely orange - my first!

Date: 2015-05-11

Date: 2015-05-11
Location: Will Rogers Garden OKC
Date: April 2015
Precious Halo

Date: 2015-05-11

Photo courtesy of Fred Kerr's Rainbow Acres
Location: Clymer,PA
Date: 05/23/2019
Uploaded by coboro
Location: Catheys Valley CA
Photo courtesy of Superstition Iris Gardens, posted with permissi

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