Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: LeRoy Meininger
Year Of Registration: 2011
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2012
Seedling Number: S
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 35 inches (89 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid Late
Flower Form: Ruffled
Laced
Bloom Color Classification: Copper/Brown
Gold
Violet
Yellow
Flower Patterns: Blend
Bloom Color Description: Butterscotch standards; chestnut falls, hafts touched yellow, darker brass edges, violet blaze below beards
Beard Color: Muted orange, short violet horns
Space Age Beard Appendages: Horns
Style Arm Color: Darker butterscotch
Fragrance: Slight

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: Sundown Saber X Capricious Candles

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Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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Location: Santa Cruz Mountains, California
Date: 2017-04-24
Location: Santa Cruz Mountains, California
Date: 2017-04-25
Location: Cisco, Tx 
Date: 2021-04-15
Location: Whitesboro, TX
Date: 2017-05-24
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