Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Barry Blyth
Year Of Registration: 2003
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2003
Seedling Number: H170-3
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 35 inches (89 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid Late
Flower Form: Bubble Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Tan
Wine
Flower Patterns: Bicolor
Bloom Color Description: Creamy beige to champagne standards, faint lavender midrib; rosy violet falls, 1/4" champagne edge, slight bluish blaze
Beard Color: Burnt tangerine
Fragrance: Musky

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: Silk Romance X F175-1: (Man About Town x D61-1: (A63-1: (Dance Man x Rembrandt Magic) x Bygone Era))
Child plants: 41 child plants

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Common names
  • Iris
  • Tall Bearded Iris

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Date: 2020-05-24

Date: 2020-05-25
Location: Russia, Krasnodarskij Kraj
Date: 2016-05-13
Location: Russia, Krasnodarskij Kraj
Date: 2019-05-19
Location: Garland (Dallas), TX
Date: 2016-04-09
Location: Iowa
Location: Russia, Krasnodarskij Kraj
Date: 2018-05-20
Location: Garland (Dallas), TX
Date: 2016-04-09
Uploaded by tveguy3
Uploaded by Betja
Location: Schreiners Gardens
Date: 2012-06-02
Location: Iowa
Date: 2012-05-05
Location: Iowa
Location: Schreiner's Gardens near Salem, OR
Date: 2015-05-14
Uploaded by Muddymitts
Location: shounan Japan
Date: 8 May 2017
Location: shounan Japan
Date: 8 May 2017
Location: shounan Japan
Date: 8 May 2017 in the early morning.
So fantastic!
Location: Indiana
Date: 2013-05-12
Hold My Hand tall bearded iris
Location: Home garden
Date: 2015-04-20
Location: Iowa
Location: shounan Japan
Date: 2018 Apr 25
Location: Northern Germany
Date: 2007-05-22
SANYO DIGITAL CAMERA
Location: Western Kentucky
Date: April 2012
Uploaded by mattsmom

Photo courtesy of Iris Sisters Farm, used with permission

Photo courtesy of Blue J Iris Used with permission.
Location: Schreiners Gardens
Date: 2012-06-02
Uploaded by mattsmom
Comments:
  • Posted by diggit (southeast Indiana - Zone 6a) on May 12, 2013 7:59 PM concerning plant:
    I note that my photo is of slightly different hues than others posted. It is my recollection that this pic from last year represents a pretty true coloration. Perhaps difference in digital camera settings. At any rate a robust grower here.
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