Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Sterling Innerst
Year Of Registration: 1999
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1999
Seedling Number: Re4619-1
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 36 inches (91 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Rebloom
Rebloom by Zone: Known To Rebloom Zone 6:-10° to 0°
Bloom Color Classification: Yellow
Bloom Color Description: Medium yellow
Beard Color: White
Fragrance: Slight
Awards: Honorable Mention: 2001

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: Renown X Anxious
Child plants: 2 child plants

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Common names
  • Iris
  • Tall Bearded Iris

Photo Gallery
Location: Gabe's Iris Gardens Charlotte, NC
Date: 2016-11-30

Date: 2022-04-28
Location: Saratoga, CA
Date: 2018-04-26
Location: my garden in Dawsonville, GA
Date: 2020-11-15
bloomed 4 times in 2020 (zone 7b)

Date: 2022-04-28
Location: State Arboretum of Virginia
Date: Fall (2020)
Location: my garden in Dawsonville, GA
Date: 2021-06-20
Location: Coastal San Diego County 
Date: 2018-04-20
Location: Gabe's Iris Gardens
Date: 2016-04-12
2016 Bloom Season
Photo by Misawa77
Location: Michigan-my garden
Date: Oct. 18, 2016
Location: McPherson KS
Date: 2022-10-18 after a 30 degree night
Location: My garden in Bakersfield, CA
Date: April 7, 2012
Color is brighter in the spring than the winter rebloom.
Location: Philo, California
Date: 2021-10-15
reblooming Oct.15, 2021
Location: Philo, California
Date: 2021-10-15
re-blooming Oct.15, 2021
Location: Mount Enterprise, Texas
Date: 2023-06-10
Location: My garden in Bakersfield, CA
Date: April 10, 2012
Location: Jones OK,
Date: June 2015
Again and Again

Photo courtesy of Sutton's Iris Gardens
Location: Sussex, UK
Date: late May 2019

Picture taken on October 30, 2010
Location: My garden in Bakersfield, CA
Date: 2012-12-06 
December bloom
Location: My garden in Bakersfield, CA
Date: 2012-12-06 
December blooms!
Location: Whitesboro, TX
Image courtesy of The Shady Spot Iris. All rights reserved.
Photo by Cuzz4short
Photo by avmoran
Location: Gabe's Iris Gardens Charlotte, NC
Date: 2016-04-11
2016 Bloom Season
Location: My garden in Bakersfield, CA
Date: 2012-12-06 
December bloom
Location: my Zone 7b garden in North Georgia Mountains
Date: 2023-03-28
Photo by Misawa77
Photo by Betja
Photo by Betja

Photo courtesy of Blue J Iris. Used with permission.
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