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Hybridizer: Carol Lankow
Year Of Registration: 1986
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1987
Seedling Number: 4B32-7
Classification: Intermediate Bearded (IB)
Registered Height: 21 inches (53 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Bloom Color Classification: Peach
Flower Patterns: Self
Bloom Color Description: Coral orange
Beard Color: Tangerine orange, tipped white
Awards: Honorable Mention: 1989
Award of Merit: 1991
Hans and Jacob Sass Medal: 1994

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
Underground structures: Rhizome
Propagation: Seeds: Will not come true from seed
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Ploidy: Unbalanced Tetraploid
Parentage: Pink Pirouette X Wright L56: (Wright L32: ((Pink Cushion x Lenna M) x Amber Shadow) x Cotton Blossom)
Child plants: one child plant

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  • Intermediate Bearded Iris
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Location: My garden, Sweden
Date: May 2018
The first flower in 2018 had an unusually clear pink color
Location: Coon Rapids, MN home garden
Date: 2023-05-28
Location: Coon Rapids, MN home garden
Date: 2023-05-28
Location: My garden, Sweden
Date: June 2017
Location: Sass Memorial Garden near Ashland, Nebraska
Date: 2013-05-23
Location: Sass Memorial Garden near Ashland, Nebraska
Date: HM 1989, AM 1991, Sass Medal 1993
Location: Sass Memorial Garden near Ashland, NE
Date: 2012-04-24
Location: Sass Memorial Garden near Ashland, NE
Date: 5/11/2011
Location: NW Row 1-9
Date: 4-15-16
Location: Kaunas, Lithuania, EU
Date: 2013-02-11
Location: Sass Memorial Garden near Ashland, Nebraska
Date: 2013-05-23
Location: Sass Memorial Garden near Ashland, Nebraska
Date: 2010-05-17
Location: Missouri
Date: 2009-05-11
Location: Sass Memorial Garden near Ashland, NE
Date: 2012-04-24
Location: Kaunas, Lithuania, EU
Date: 2013-02-16
Location: My Garden, Ontario, Canada
Date: 2016-05-29
A hardy, vigorous grower and good bloomer.
Location: Whitesboro, TX
Image courtesy of The Shady Spot Iris. All rights reserved.
Location: Whitesboro, TX
Date: 2017-05-24
Image courtesy of The Shady Spot Iris. All rights reserved.

Photo courtesy of Blue J Iris Used with permission.
Location: Royal Botanical Gardens, Burlington, ON, Canada
Date: 2014-06-05
Location: From my garden. Poland.
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