Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: C. Jensen
Year Of Registration: 1975
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1976
Seedling Number: DR 12-13
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 43 inches (109 cm)
Bloom Season: Early
Rebloom
Rebloom by Zone: Known To Rebloom Zone 6:-10° to 0°
Bloom Color Classification: Copper/Brown
White
Yellow
Flower Patterns: Plicata
Bloom Color Description: Cinnamon standards, edged darker; white blaze on falls, yellow inlay, maroon stitching around edge
Beard Color: Gold

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
Underground structures: Rhizome
Propagation: Seeds: Will not come true from seed
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Ploidy: Tetraploid
Parentage: Summer Fantasy X Villa Gold

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Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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Location: Durham, NC
Date: 2017-04-17
Location: southern KY
Date: 2018-10-20
Location: Southern California zone 10a
Date: April 2, 2016
Narrower falls than more modern iris blooms, but great rebloomer
Location: My Garden in Janesville, WI
Date: 2021-05-16
Location: Van Buren, MO
Date: 2018-05-05
Location: southern KY
Date: 2019-04-19
Location: north central Texas
Date: 2004-04-17
Location: Northwest Florida
Date: 2016-08-15
Location: zone 6 ky
Date: April 16, 2017
Location: Van Buren, MO
Date: 2018-05-05
Location: Sussex, UK
Date: late August 2019
A very late rebloom from last year - love the classic French fleu
Location: East facing garden zone 6a
Date: 2018-05-20
Location: Sussex, UK
Date: late August 2019
A beautiful. very late rebloom in 2019.
Location: zone 6 KY
Date: april 16, 2017
Location: Zone 7a
Date: 2014-04-23

Date: 2011-05-13
Photo courtesy of Rainbow Iris Farm

Photo courtesy of Williamson Farm Flowers

Photo courtesy of Blue J Iris Used with permission.

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