Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Tom Burseen
Year Of Registration: 2004
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2005
Seedling Number: 99-543A
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 37 inches (94 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Flower Form: Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Cream
Orange
Peach
Flower Patterns: Blend
Bloom Color Description: Light carrot red standards; mars orange falls, darker hafts, cream washed centers
Beard Color: Peach, tangerine in throat, fuzzy lobelia blue horns
Space Age Beard Appendages: Horns
Style Arm Color: Light carrot red
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: Cookie Combo X 97-610: (95-337: (Dauber's Delight x Open Arms) x Joan's Party)
Child plants: 4 child plants

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Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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Location: My garden
Date: 2020-06-02
First year bloom. In bright sun.
Location: Durham, NC
Date: 2017-04-29
Location: My garden
Date: 2020-06-02
Location: My garden
Date: 2020-06-02
Location: Photo by Carol Bacskai; zone 5b, Yorkville, IL
Date: 2021-05-31
Location: Durham, NC
Date: May, 2015
Location: San Antonio, Texas
Date: 2021-04-25
Location: Elk Grove, CA
Date: 2016-02-28
Pucker Power 2 28 16
Location: Durham, NC
Date: May, 2015
Top view, reminds me of a creamscicle!
Location: Durham, NC
Date: May, 2015
Location: Elk Grove, CA
Date: 2016-02-28
Pucker Power 2 2 28 16

Photo courtesy of Blue J Iris. Used with permission.
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Location: Durham, NC
Date: May, 2015
Closeup of beards
Location: San Antonio, Texas
Date: 2021-04-23
Burseen hybrid from Stout Gardens

Photo courtesy of Stout Gardens

Photo courtesy of Blue J Iris. Used with permission.

Photo courtesy of Blue J Iris. Used with permission.

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