Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: George Sutton
Year Of Registration: 2001
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2002
Seedling Number: J-7
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 34 inches (86 cm)
Bloom Season: Early
Early Mid
Mid
Mid Late
Late
Rebloom
Flower Form: Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: White
Yellow
Bloom Color Description: Lemon standards; white falls, lemon shoulders and edge
Beard Color: White, hairs tipped yellow
Style Arm Color: Lemon
Fragrance: Slight
Sweet

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: Banana Cream X G-54: (Waltz Across Texas x Orange Popsicle)

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Common names
  • Iris
  • Tall Bearded Iris

Photo Gallery
Location: Van Buren, MO
Date: 2023-05-04
First TB iris bloom for me this year.
Location: Van Buren, MO
Date: 2023-05-04
First TB iris bloom for me this year.
Location: Saratoga, CA
Date: 2017-02-15
Image was taken late in the day (5:24 PM!) in shade
Location: IN MY GARDEN (920 m in the northern alps)
Date: 2018-05-30
Photo by Betja
Location: Saratoga, CA
Date: 2017-02-15
Image taken very late in the day (5:24 PM), in shade
Location: Jones OK,
Date: April 2014
Summer Waltz

Photo courtesy of Sutton's Iris Gardens
  • Uploaded by Joy
Photo by Betja
Location: IN MY GARDEN (920 m in the northern alps)
Date: 2019-06-10
Location: IN MY GARDEN (920 m in the northern alps)
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