Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Paul Black
Year Of Registration: 2009
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2009
Seedling Number: N254F
Classification: Intermediate Bearded (IB)
Registered Height: 25 inches (64 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid Late
Flower Form: Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Cream
Magenta
Flower Patterns: Plicata
Bloom Color Description: Butter cream standards, wide slightly smoky raspberry band and line up midrib; butter yellow to near white falls around beards, dark raspberry haft and 1/2" band, dotted interior edge of band, 3/4" raspberry dart below beards
Beard Color: Red orange
Style Arm Color: Dark raspberry
Fragrance: Pronounced
Sweet
Awards: Honorable Mention: 2011
Award of Merit: 2015

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 8b
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Underground structures: Rhizome
Propagation: Seeds: Will not come true from seed
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Ploidy: Unbalanced Tetraploid
Parentage: J344B: (E127AA: (Time to Shine x 91294A: (Tangerine Tangent x 85-306A: (Apricot Elf x 83-129A: (Melon Honey x unknown) x 86-327A: (83-129D x 84-238G: (Oriental Blush x Sniffs 'n' Sneezes))) x Rebus)) x Rebus) X L86tdb sib: (Waiting for George x Cimarron Trail)
Child plants: 3 child plants

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Common names
  • Iris
  • Intermediate Bearded Iris

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Location: Philo, California
Date: 2018-04-22
Location: my yard
Location: Philo, California
Date: 2018-04-22
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Location: Pleasant Grove, Utah
Date: 2012-05-05
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Date: 2014-04-22
Location: Whitesboro, TX
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Location: Willamette Valley, Oregon 
Date: 2015-04-28

Date: 2012-05-05

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Location: Washington 8b
Date: 2016-05-11

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