Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Chet Tompkins
Year Of Registration: 1989
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1988
Seedling Number: 84-59D
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 38 inches (97 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Mid Late
Late
Flower Form: Ruffled
Laced
Bloom Color Classification: Copper/Brown
Flower Patterns: Bitone
Bloom Color Description: Coppery gold standards, hazy taffy lilac overtone; blended saffron gold and copper tan falls, overlaid catawba brown, 1/2" bright tawny gold border
Beard Color: Gold

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: (Easy Grace x San Leandro) X (((Bayberry Candle x Hilight) x Copper Capers) x (Bandolier x ((Orange Parade x Grand Teton) x Cosmopolitan)))
Child plants: 9 child plants

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