Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Richard Ernst
Year Of Registration: 1993
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1992
Seedling Number: F112-7
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 38 inches (97 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid Late
Flower Form: Ruffled
Laced
Bloom Color Classification: White
Yellow
Flower Patterns: Debby Rairdon
Bloom Color Description: Lemon yellow standards; white falls, 1/4" lemon yellow rim and shoulders
Beard Color: Yellow
Fragrance: Slight
Sweet
Awards: Honorable Mention: 1995

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: Afternoon Delight X Gaulter 81-74, inv. Glendale
Child plants: one child plant

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Common names
  • Iris
  • Tall Bearded Iris

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Location: my yard
Location: NW Row 2-6
Date: 4-16-16
Location: My Gardens
Date: May 26, 2014
Close Up View Late Afternoon
Location: My Gardens
Date: May 26, 2014
Close Up View Late Afternoon

Sunray Reflection

Spring 2009
Location: Zone 6b, center garden
Date: May 2020
Photo by mattsmom

Sunray Reflection
Location: Zone 6b, center garden
Date: May 2020
Location: BC
Date: 2011

Photo courtesy of Blue J Iris. Used with permission.
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Comments:
  • Posted by mattsmom (WI) on Sep 29, 2011 10:04 PM concerning plant:
    Beautiful in a clump, very fast to increase in my zone 4a garden.

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