Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Barry Blyth
Year Of Registration: 2001
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2004
Seedling Number: H83-G
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 38 inches (96 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Flower Form: Bubble Ruffled
Laced
Bloom Color Classification: Peach
Wine
Flower Patterns: Bicolor
Bloom Color Description: Creamy apricot standards, faint rose midrib flush; light plum burgundy falls, 1/4" creamy apricot edge
Beard Color: Tangerine
Style Arm Color: Creamy apricot
Awards: Honorable Mention: 2006
Award of Merit: 2008
John C. Wister Medal: 2010
Fred and Barbara Walther Cup: 2006

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
Underground structures: Rhizome
Propagation: Seeds: Will not come true from seed
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Ploidy: Tetraploid
Parentage: Temple of Time X Louisa's Song
Child plants: 420 child plants

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Location: My garden, Ukraine, Zaporizhzhya region Zone: 6a
Date: 2020-05-11
Location: My garden, Ukraine, Zaporizhzhya region Zone: 6a 
Date: 2021-05-29

Decadence

Date: 2019-05-16

Date: 2017-05-28
Location: Cawston, BC
Date: 2022-10-27
From Hillside Irises

Date: 2019-05-19
Location: Russia, Krasnodar region, Novokubansk
Date: 2022-05-23
Photo by Paul2032
Location: In my garden
Date: 2015-05-16
Location: Russia, Krasnodarskij Kraj
Date: 2017-05-17
Location: Washington 8b
Date: 2020-05-08
Location: My garden, Ukraine, Zaporizhzhya region Zone: 6a
Date: 2020-05-17
Location: Russia, Krasnodarskij Kraj
Date: 2017-05-15
Photo by mattsmom
Location: My Garden in Fort Worth, TX
Date: 2018-04-19
Location: Iowa
Date: 2012-05-09
Location: Willamette Valley, Oregon 
Date: 2015-04-28
Photo by TBMan
Location: South Carolina
Location: OHIO
Date: 5-17-14
TALL BEARDED IRIS "DECADENCE"

Date: 2015-05-30
Location: Keith Keppel's Garden
Date: 2015-05-13
Photo by tveguy3
Location: Wonthaggi/North , Victoria, Australia
Date: 2019-10-25
Location: My Garden in Fort Worth, TX
Date: 2018-04-19
Photo by Muddymitts
Photo by Calif_Sue
Photo by Betja
Photo by Boxergirl
Photo by Betja
Photo by avmoran
Location: Michigan-my garden
Date: Spring 2021
Location: Northern Germany
Date: 2002-11-01
SANYO DIGITAL CAMERA
Location: My garden
Date: 2019-06-04
First year bloom.
Location: Cisco, Tx 
Date: 2020-04-19
Photo by stilldew
Photo by stilldew
Photo by Betja
Photo by Paul2032
Location: Mid-America Gardens, Salem, Oregon
Date: 2016-05-05
Location: Northern Germany
Date: 4000-02-03
Location: Concord, MA
Date: 2016-06-06
Location: In my garden
Date: 2015-05-17
Location: Home
Location: Michigan-my garden
Date: June 2016
Photo by Calif_Sue
Photo by Betja
Photo by Betja

Date: 2014-11-02
Location: In my garden
Date: 2012-05-21
Location: Kaunas, Lithuania, EU
Date: 2013-01-30
Location: My garden
Date: 2019-06-05
First year bloom. In bright sun.
Location: My garden
Date: 2019-06-04
First year bloom.

Date: 2012-05-21
Location: Northern Germany
Date: 2002-11-03
SANYO DIGITAL CAMERA
Location: Iowa
Date: 2012-05-09

Date: 2013-04-29
Photo by MaryDurtschi
Location: Northern Germany
Date: 2002-11-01
SANYO DIGITAL CAMERA
Photo by MaryDurtschi

Date: 2019-05-10
Photo by Calif_Sue
Photo by mattsmom
Location: my garden in Dawsonville, GA (zone 7b north Geogia mountains)
Date: 2022-04-24
Location: Indiana
Date: July 2013
Tall Bearded Iris 'Decadence'
Location: Napa Iris Gardens
Date: 2012-05-18
Location: Napa Iris Gardens
Date: 2012-05-18
Location: Western Kentucky
Date: April 2012

Photo courtesy of Blue J Iris Used with permission.
Location: Tamberg garden, Berlin, Germany 
Date: 2023-05-29
Location: Tamberg garden, Berlin, Germany 
Date: 2023-05-29
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Comments:
  • Posted by mattsmom (WI) on Sep 29, 2011 10:01 PM concerning plant:
    Absolutely beautiful bloom, somewhat slow to increase here in my zone 4a garden.
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