Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Richard Ernst
Year Of Registration: 2000
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2000
Seedling Number: QKF125-14A-10
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 35 inches (89 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Flower Form: Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Gold
Violet
White
Bloom Color Description: White standards, yellow gilt rim; white falls, purple sanded pattern, narrow yellow rim
Beard Color: Yellow and orange
Style Arm Color: White, yellow accents
Foliage: Purple Based
Awards: Honorable Mention: 2002
Award of Merit: 2004
John C. Wister Medal: 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
Underground structures: Rhizome
Propagation: Seeds: Will not come true from seed
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Ploidy: Tetraploid
Parentage: KF125-14A: ((Edna's Wish x Wild Jasmine) x (Edna's Wish x Wild Jasmine)) X KF125-32E: ((Edna's Wish x Wild Jasmine) x (Edna's Wish x Wild Jasmine))
Child plants: 57 child plants

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Common names
  • Iris
  • Tall Bearded Iris

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Location: My Gardens
Date: June12, 2013
From Rick Ernst, Cooley's Gardens

Spring 2009
Location: Concord, MA
Date: 2016-06-12
Location: Michigan-my garden
Date: June 9, 2017
Location: Home
Location: Santa Cruz Mountains, California
Date: 2022-05-30
Location: My Gardens
Date: May 30, 2009
A Close Up View In My 2009 Garden
Location: My Garden in Fort Worth, TX
Date: 2021-05-02
Location: My Gardens
Date: June 3, 2008
Another Ernst Winner!
Location: Radford Virginia
Date: 2020-06-03
FFO showing very little pattern and sparse speckling. I actually
Location: New Zealand
Location: Mount Enterprise, Texas
Date: 2023-04-20
Location: Las Cruces, NM
Date: 2022-05-09
TB Iris Ring Around Rosie
Location: Las Cruces, NM
Date: 2022-05-08
TB Iris Ring Around Rosie

Date: 2020-05-20
Uploaded by MaryDurtschi
Location: Home
Location: Home
Date: 2016-06-06
Uploaded by bramedog

Date: 2018-06-07
Location: my yard
Location: Home
Date: 2016-06-04
Location: Las Cruces, NM
Date: 1980-01-01
2017-04-28
Location: My Garden in Fort Worth, TX
Date: 2018-03-25

Photo 5/24/10

Spring 2009
Location: SunZone 6a
Date: 2013-06-05
Location: Chailey Iris Garden, East Sussex, UK.
Date: 2022-06-11
Location: Chailey Iris Garden, East Sussex, UK.
Date: 2022-06-11
Location: My Garden in Fort Worth, TX
Date: 2018-03-25
Location: My Garden in Fort Worth, TX
Date: 2021-05-02
Location: Poilly-Lez-Gien France
"Photo courtesy of Cayeux Iris. Used with permission."
Location: Wisconsin zone 5a
Date: 2012-06-08

Photo Courtesy of Te Sligte Gardens. Used with Permission
  • Uploaded by Joy
Location: my yard
Location: Home
Date: 2016-06-04
Uploaded by Betja
Uploaded by mattsmom
Location: Sun Zone 6a
Date: 2012-05-29

Date: 2016-10-04

Photo courtesy of Blue J Iris. Used with permission.

Photo courtesy of Blue J Iris. Used with permission.
Location: Cisco, Tx
Location: God's Garden - Atwater CA
Date: May 2014
Uploaded by Misawa77
Location: Chino Valley Arizona
Date: 2021-05-15
Location: Sun Zone 6a
Date: 2012-05-29

Photo Courtesy of E and B Farm Used with Permission
  • Uploaded by vic
Location: SunZone 6a
Date: 2013-06-05
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Comments:
  • Posted by Australis (Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - Zone 10a) on Oct 26, 2022 1:58 AM concerning plant:
    According to Iris hybridiser Chuck Chapman, 'Ring Around Rosie' is a complicated mix of genes but particularly:

    - a recessive ground halo (carotene pigment pattern) gene (distinct to the plicata and anthocyanin control genes)
    - a luminata-plicata pattern (combination of pl, lu and gl alleles)
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