Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Richard Tasco
Year Of Registration: 2002
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2003
Seedling Number: 96-TB-15-21
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 36 inches (91 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Flower Form: Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Gold
Wine
Bloom Color Description: Golden yellow standards, golden bronze flush strongest near edge; oxblood red falls, yellow netting around beards
Beard Color: Gold, oxblood red flounce or hairy horn
Space Age Beard Appendages: Horns
Flounces
Style Arm Color: Yellow, midrib golden orange
Foliage: Purple Based
Fragrance: Slight
Awards: Honorable Mention: 2005
Award of Merit: 2007

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: Thornbird X Golden Panther
Child plants: 7 child plants

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Common names
  • Iris
  • Tall Bearded Iris

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Location: Durham, NC
Date: 2017-04-30

Date: 2019-05-16
Location: West Valley City, UT
Location: Russia, Krasnodar region, Novokubansk
Date: 2020-05-20
Location: My garden
Date: 2019-05-30
First year bloom. In bright sun.
Location: Russia, Krasnodar region, Novokubansk
Date: 2020-05-19
Location: Willamette Valley, Oregon 
Date: 2015-05-06
Location: San Rafael, CA
Date: 2017-05-03
Flounce at 12'o-clock high

Date: 2017-06-02
Location: San Rafael, CA
Date: 2017-05-03
Location: Cisco, Tx 
Date: 2021-04-19
Location: Photo by Carol Bacskai; zone 5b, Yorkville, IL
Location: New Zealand
Date: 25 October 2019
Nice flounces this year on 'Solar Fire'
Location: My garden
Date: 2019-06-08
Later bloom. Top view
Location: Lincoln NE zone 5
Date: 2019-05-18
Location: Superstitions Garden In California
Date: 2012-04-29
Location: My garden
Date: 2019-05-30
First year bloom. In bright sun.
Location: San Rafael, CA
Date: 2017-05-20
Location: San Rafael, CA
Date: 2017-05-02
Location: north central Texas
Date: 2005-04-30
Photo by Calif_Sue
Location: New Zealand
Date: 2019-10-28
Nice flounces this year on 'Solar Fire'
Location: Washington 8b
Date: 2022-06-02

Photo courtesy of Pleasants Valley Iris Farm
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Location: New Zealand
Date: 2017-11-07
Location: God's Garden - Atwater CA
Date: May 2014
Location: New Zealand
Date: 2015-10-25
Location: Willamette Valley, Oregon 
Date: 2015-04-25
Location: Washington 8b
Date: 2016-05-09
Photo by MargieNY
Photo by MargieNY
Location: Lancaster, CA
Date: Spring 2017
Photo by MargieNY
Location: Washington 8b
Date: 2022-06-04
Location: My Garden in Fort Worth, TX
Date: 2018-04-21

Date: 2013-05-01
Location: Catheys Valley California
Photo courtesy of Superstition Iris Gardens, posted with permissi
Photo by Calif_Sue
Location: San Rafael, CA
Date: 2018-04-30

Date: 2012-05-12
At a UIS show

Date: 2004-04-22
Photo courtesy of Napa Country Iris Garden

Photo courtesy of Blue J Iris. Used with permission.
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