Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Michael Sutton
Year Of Registration: 2016
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2016
Seedling Number: A-6417-F
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 38 inches (97 cm)
Bloom Season: Early
Early Mid
Mid
Flower Form: Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Copper/Brown
Violet
Bloom Color Description: Cinnamon standards, violet blue highlights, gold edge; violet blue falls, darker veins, 1" almond shell rim
Beard Color: White, tipped pale yellow
Style Arm Color: Almond shell, gold crests
Fragrance: Slight
Spicy
Awards: Honorable Mention: 2018
Award of Merit: 2021

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: All Smiles X 640: (Cold Fusion x Definition)
Child plants: 2 child plants

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Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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Location: Photo by Carol Bacskai; zone 5b, Yorkville, IL
Date: 2023-05-20
Uploaded by Neela
Location: My Garden in Janesville, WI
Date: 2022-06-03
Location: Philo, California
Date: 2020-04-09
Uploaded by Henhouse
Location: Zone 7B
Date: 2019-04-15
Uploaded by UndertheSun

Photo courtesy of Sutton's Iris Gardens
Location: Philo, California
Date: 2020-04-09
Location: Russia, Krasnodar region, Novokubansk
Date: 2021-05-17
Location: Russia, Krasnodar region, Novokubansk
Date: 2021-05-16
Location: San Rafael, CA
Date: 2020-04-15
Thanks Rob for this gift.
Location: Cisco, Tx 
Date: 2021-04-10
Location: Catheys Valley California
Photo courtesy of Superstition Iris Gardens, posted with permissi
Location: Scottsdale, AZ
Date: 2-21-2023
Molokini, TB-Re, Mike Sutton, 2016.
Location: Chino Valley Arizona
Date: 2021-05-01
Location: HRS iris farm, Redding CA 
Date: 2023-04-21
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