Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Monty Byers
Year Of Registration: 1991
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1992
Seedling Number: E66-1
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 30 inches (76 cm)
Bloom Season: Very Early
Early
Early Mid
Rebloom
Flower Form: Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Orchid
Peach
Yellow
Flower Patterns: Blend
Bloom Color Description: Salmon and pearly orchid pink standards, suffusing to pale yellow edge; salmon pink falls overlaid by reddish orchid wash, heavier over hafts, lighter salmon yellow edge
Beard Color: Orange red, with blended salmon and orchid spoon or flounce
Space Age Beard Appendages: Spoons
Flounces

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: C37-2: (Sky Hooks x Condottiere) X C6-3: (Spirit of Memphis x (Moon Mistress x D. Meek horned sdlg.))
Child plants: 5 child plants

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Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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Location: Weiser, ID
Date: 2015 season

Photo courtesy of Blue J Iris Used with permission.

Photo courtesy of Williamson Farm Flowers

Photo courtesy of Blue J Iris Used with permission.

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