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Hybridizer: Frederick Kerr
Year Of Registration: 2005
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2006
Seedling Number: 01-031H
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 35 inches (89 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid Late
Flower Form: Bubble Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Gold
Wine
Flower Patterns: Variegata
Bloom Color Description: Golden yellow standards; red black falls, faint whitish lines beside beards
Beard Color: Antique gold
Style Arm Color: Golden yellow, faint brownish veins
Fragrance: Slight
Spicy
Awards: Honorable Mention: 2008
Award of Merit: 2010
John C. Wister Medal: 2012

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: 99-088A: (Lena Baker x 97-21: (Fresno Frolic x Dear Jean)) X Next Millennium
Child plants: 7 child plants

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Common names
  • Iris
  • Tall Bearded Iris

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Date: 2017-05-26

Date: 2020-04-11
This bloomed on a single fan and I have no increase???
Photo by Valery33
Photo by vanozzi

Date: 2017-05-26

Date: 2017-05-29
Photo by Betja
Location: cummings garden
Date: 2012-04-28

Date: 2018-05-23

Date: 2006-01-21
Photo courtesy of Fred Kerr's Rainbow Acres
Location: Menton, France
Date: 2017-04-28
just opening
Location: Robertsdale, AL
Date: April 2022
Mid day
Location: San Diego, CA
Date: 2020-04-30
flowering in my garden, full sun
Location: My Garden in Fort Worth, TX
Date: 2021-04-29
Location: My Garden in Fort Worth, TX
Date: 2018-04-25
Location: Robertsdale, AL
Date: 2022-04-11
Location: Ramona, CA
Date: 2019-04-08
Location: Mt. Pleasant Iris in WA
Date: 2015-05-13
Location: My Garden in Fort Worth, TX
Date: 2021-04-29
Location: My Garden in Fort Worth, TX
Date: 2018-04-25
Location: Catheys Valley CA
Photo courtesy of Superstition Iris Gardens, posted with permissi
Photo by avmoran
Photo by Betja
Location: Wilhoit, AZ
Date: 2023

Photo courtesy of Blue J Iris Used with permission.
Location: My garden in Bakersfield, CA
Date: April 27, 2012
In sunlight
Location: My garden in Bakersfield, CA
Date: May 1, 2012

Date: 2015-04-26
Location: San Diego, CA
Date: 2019-05-23
top view looking down on style arms and falls
Location: San Diego, CA
Date: 2019-05-17
another close-up, different angle, fall is so dark red that appea
Location: Home garden
Date: 2015-04-17
Location: Whitesboro, TX
Date: 2017-06-08
Image courtesy of The Shady Spot Iris. All rights reserved.

Photo courtesy of Pleasants Valley Iris Farm
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