Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Schreiner
Year Of Registration: 1993
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1993
Seedling Number: AA 1540-1
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 37 inches (94 cm)
Bloom Season: Early
Early Mid
Mid
Mid Late
Late
Flower Form: Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Orchid
Peach
Flower Patterns: Bicolor
Bloom Color Description: Apricot pink standards; blue lavender falls
Beard Color: Tangerine
Awards: Honorable Mention: 1995
Award of Merit: 1997
John C. Wister Medal: 2000
Dykes Memorial Medal: 2003

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: Lullaby of Spring X Frances Gaulter
Child plants: 89 child plants

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Common names
  • Iris
  • Tall Bearded Iris

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Location: iowa
Date: 2011-05-25
Location: My Gardens
Date: May 22, 2009
Clump View With English Charm In Background
Location: Garland (Dallas), TX
Date: 2016-04-12

Photo 5/14/10

Photo 5/16/10
Location: Tamberg garden, Berlin, Germany
Date: 2022-05-28
Location: My garden
Date: 5/22/21
Location: shounan Japan
Date: 8 May 2017
I was impressed very much!
Location: My Gardens
Date: May 6, 2008
A Single Bloom
Location: Mpls
Date: 2021-06-05
Location: My Gardens
Date: May 31, 2014
Early Morning Dappled Shade/Sunlight

photo by:  Agnieszka Kwiecień, Nova
Location: Panama Illinois
Date: 2022-05-25
Location: Alabaster, AL
Date: 2022-04-24
Location: Cisco, Tx 
Date: 2019-04-23

Celebration Song
Location: BC
Date: June 2013
Location: Radford Virginia
Date: 2020-05-25
FFO with Wintry Sky in back. 5/25/2020
Location: Kansas City, MO
Date: 2016-05-13
Location: My property in Idaho
Date: Photo taken June 5, 2022
Location: Richlands, NC
Date: 2022-05-05
Location: My Gardens
Date: May 25, 2014
Overhead View
Location: Tamberg garden, Berlin, Germany
Date: 2022-05-28
Location: Garland, TX
Date: 2018-04-18
Location: Mexico, Missouri 
Date: 2022-05-15
Location: Daisydo's garden
Date: 2021-05-21
Location: Australia
Date: 2021-10-28
Location: Iowa
Date: 2012-05-04
Location: My Gardens
Date: May 31, 2014
Early Morning Dappled Shade/Sunlight
Location: My garden in Alabaster, AL
Date: 2024-04-15
Location: My garden in Alabaster, AL
Date: 2024-04-15

Photo 5/14/10
Location: shounan Japan
Date: 8 May 2017
I was impressed very much!
Location: Michigan-my garden
Date: June 1, 2017
Location: Mpls
Date: 2021-06-07
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Uploaded by mattsmom
Uploaded by Betja
Location: God's Garden - Atwater CA
Date: May 2015
Location: My garden in Southeast Virginia
Date: 2014-05-12
Location: Lewiston, Idaho
Date: 5-14-2015
Location: Poilly-Lez-Gien France
"Photo courtesy of Cayeux Iris. Used with permission."
Location: Garland, TX
Date: 2018-04-25
Location: Garland (Dallas), TX
Date: 2016-04-11
Uploaded by CLUSIANA

Date: 2017-10-13
Location: Frannie's Iris Garden, Elk Grove, CA
Date: 2016-04-07
A favorite!
Location: southern KY
Date: 4000-05-21
Location: Lewiston, Idaho
Date: 5-14-2015
Location: From my  garden. Poland.
Location: Vacaville, CA
Date: Spring
Photo courtesy of Pleasants Valley Iris Farm, www.irisfarmer.com
Uploaded by mattsmom
Location: Enid, Oklahoma
Date: 2013-05-15
Location: Sangamon Co. Il.
Date: 2018-05-24
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Location: Wisconsin
Date: Spring 2014
www.damongardens.com
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Photo courtesy of Iris City Gardens
Location: New Zealand
Location: My garden in Southeast Virginia
Date: 2014-05-07
Location: Sass Memorial Garden near Ashland, NE
Date: 2012-05-04
Location: My house in Portsmouth.
Date: 2013-05-15

Photo Courtesy of Te Sligte Gardens. Used with Permission
  • Uploaded by Joy
Location: Botanical Garden of Moscow State University
Date: June
credit: Andrey Korzun

Photo courtesy of Blue J Iris Used with permission.
Location: God's Garden - Atwater CA
Date: April 9, 2015
Location: In my Northern California garden
Date: 2012-04-21
Location: Wilhoit, AZ
Date: 2023
Location: In my Northern California garden
Date: 2013-04-28
Location: In a public garden
Date: 2013-05-04
Location: In a public garden
Date: 2013-05-04

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