Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Tom Burseen
Year Of Registration: 2002
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2003
Seedling Number: 97-1021B
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 36 inches (91 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Flower Form: Ruffled
Flared
Bloom Color Classification: Orchid
Copper/Brown
Bloom Color Description: Light lavender blue standards; bright rust red falls, golden edge wash, burgundy veining concentrated at beard
Beard Color: Yellow gold to gold in throat, light lavender at end
Style Arm Color: Washed purple
Fragrance: Sweet
Awards: Honorable Mention: 2006

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: 94-173: (Venetian Queen x Call Ripley's) X 94-171: (Chinese Empress x 92-157: ((4-85B: (Pencil Sketch x Barletta) x 6-107A: ((Pencil Sketch x Pinwheel) x (Theatre x Dazzling Gold))) x 90-61: ((Candace x Local Motion) x Hubba Hubba Hubba)))
Child plants: 4 child plants

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Common names
  • Iris
  • Tall Bearded Iris

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Location: Russia, Krasnodarskij Kraj
Date: 2016-05-14
Location: Russia, Krasnodarskij Kraj
Date: 2018-05-14
Uploaded by Serjio
Location: Photo by Carol Bacskai; zone 5b, Yorkville, IL
Date: 2023-05-27
Location: Warfordsburg, PA
Date: May 26, 2014
Location: Whitesboro, TX
Image courtesy of The Shady Spot Iris. All rights reserved.
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Uploaded by avmoran
Location: In my Northern California garden
Date: 2012-04-22

Photo courtesy of Blue J Iris. Used with permission.
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Location: In my Northern California garden
Date: 2012-04-22

Photo courtesy of Blue J Iris Used with permission.
Location: In Zuzu's garden
Date: 2012-04-30
Location: In Zuzu's garden
Date: 2012-04-30
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