Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Fred DeForest
Year Of Registration: 1955
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1956
Seedling Number: 52-20
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 36-38 inches
Bloom Season: Mid
Flower Form: Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Yellow
Flower Patterns: Bitone
Bloom Color Description: Wax yellow standards; deeper wax yellow falls overlaid sulphine
Awards: Honorable Mention: 1957

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: DeForest yellow seedling: (Tiffanja x Firecracker) X Cloudcap
Child plants: 23 child plants

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Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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Location: Southeast Nebraska
Date: 2014-05-18
Taken in my garden, May 2014

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