Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Tom Burseen
Year Of Registration: 1995
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1996
Seedling Number: 0-59A
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 35 inches (89 cm)
Bloom Season: Early Mid
Flower Form: Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Cream
Peach
Rose
Flower Patterns: Plicata
Bloom Color Description: Creamy apricot standards, edge washed mulberry rose; pale creamy peach falls, mulberry plicata edging, prominent peach outer rim
Beard Color: Orange
Style Arm Color: Darker apricot
Fragrance: Sweet

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: Too Too Ripe X Choose a Juice

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Location: Fort Worth TX
Date: 2011-04-10
Tall bearded iris \"Dorothy Parker\"
Location: Burleson TX 
Date: 2020
Dorothy Parker in my garden 2020
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Location: Fort Worth TX
Date: 2010-04-15
Tall bearded iris \"Dorothy Parker\"
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