Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Frederick Kerr
Year Of Registration: 2004
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2005
Seedling Number: 99-088C
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 36 inches (91 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Flower Form: Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Wine
Yellow
Flower Patterns: Emma Cook
Bloom Color Description: Dark yellow standards; yellow falls, wide darker yellow hafts, 3/4" dark brownish red band around edge, white area around beards
Beard Color: White, tipped gold
Style Arm Color: Dark yellow
Fragrance: Slight
Sweet
Awards: Honorable Mention: 2007

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 97-021A: (Fresno Frolic x Dear Jean)

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