Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Barry Blyth
Year Of Registration: 2005
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2006
Seedling Number: M45-2
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 38 inches (97 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid Late
Flower Form: Bubble Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Tan
Peach
Silver/Grey
Violet
Flower Patterns: Blend
Bloom Color Description: Champagne honey grey standards, slight violet infusion at midrib; light red violet falls blending to violet and champagne toward edge, 1/4" imprecise edge of grey
Beard Color: Burnt tangerine
Fragrance: Pronounced
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: Coffee Trader X K89-1: (Twirl the Kilt x Brazilian Holiday)
Child plants: one child plant

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Common names
  • Iris
  • Tall Bearded Iris

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Date: 2020-05-26
Location: My garden, Ukraine, Zaporizhzhya region Zone: 6a 
Date: 2021-05-27

Date: 2017-05-30
Location: My garden, Watkins Glen, NY
Date: June 2, 2022
Location: Russia, Rostov Region. Natalia Ternovaya 's Garden
Location: Schreiners Gardens
Date: 2011-06-01
Location: Schreiners Gardens
Date: 2011-06-01
Location: Warfordsburg, PA
Date: 2012-05-17
Location: Home garden
Date: 2018-05-11
Location: Russia, Rostov Region. Natalia Ternovaya 's Garden
Location: My garden, Watkins Glen, NY
Date: June 2, 2022
Location: Chino Valley Arizona
Date: 2020-06-01
Location: South Carolina
Date: April 2019

Date: 2017-06-01
Location: Schreiner's Iris Gardens, Salen, Oregon
Date: 2015-05-18
AIS National Convention, Portland, OR--Iris in Wonderland 2015
Location: My garden, Watkins Glen, NY
Date: 2016-07-12
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Location: Yorkville, IL
Date: 2020-06-08
Location: My garden, Watkins Glen, NY
Date: June 2, 2022
Location: Photo by Carol Bacskai; zone 5b, Yorkville, IL
Date: 2014-01-01
Location: Michigan-my garden
Date: June 2016
Location: My garden, Watkins Glen, NY
Date: June 1, 2022
Location: My garden, Ukraine, Zaporizhzhya region Zone: 6a 
Date: 2021-05-27
Location: Western Kentucky
Date: May 2015
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Location: Photo by Carol Bacskai; zone 5b, Yorkville, IL
Date: 2014-01-08
Location: My garden, Watkins Glen, NY
Date: May 2022
Uploaded by mattsmom
Location: Catheys Valley CA
Photo courtesy of Superstition Iris Gardens, posted with permissi
Location: South Carolina
Date: 2020-05-12
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Location: My garden, Watkins Glen, NY
Date: May 2022
Uploaded by mattsmom
Location: Yorkville, IL
Date: 2020-06-08
Location: Schreiner's Gardens near Salem, OR
Date: 2015-05-14
Location: Iowa
Date: 2012-05-13
Location: Richlands, NC
Date: 2022-05-07
Location: Concord, MA
Date: 2016-06-05

Photo courtesy of Iris Sisters Farm, used with permission

Date: 2014-05-20
Location: Elk Grove, CA
Date: 4 2016
Location: Schreiners Gardens
Date: 2012-05-31

Photo courtesy of Stout Gardens
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