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Hybridizer: Frederick Kerr
Year Of Registration: 2004
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2005
Seedling Number: 00-118C
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 36 inches (91 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid Late
Flower Form: Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Violet
White
Yellow
Flower Patterns: Emma Cook
Bloom Color Description: Cream yellow standards; white falls, wide blue band diffusing to center, wide yellow hafts
Beard Color: Orange, white at end
Fragrance: Slight
Sweet
Awards: Honorable Mention: 2007
Award of Merit: 2010

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: Lena Baker X Queen's Circle
Child plants: 2 child plants

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Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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Location: Western Kentucky
Date: April 2012

Photo courtesy of Blue J Iris Used with permission.

Date: 2005-01-04
Photo courtesy of Fred Kerr's Rainbow Acres

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