Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Tom Craig
Year Of Registration: 1948
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1949
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Bloom Season: Early
Rebloom
Bloom Color Classification: Copper/Brown
Gold
Flower Patterns: Plicata
Bloom Color Description: Golden buff lightly washed and striated red brown, with red brown stippling forming an almost solid 0.25" margin to the falls.
Beard Color: Yellow

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
Parentage: (China Maid x Tiffany) X Mitchell Seedling: ((((Seduction x (((Mitch 1-118 x ((Sherbert x Yellow blend) x (Alcazar x Esplendido))) x (Bronze Beacon x San Francisco)))
Child plants: 31 child plants

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Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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Location: Southern California zone 10a
Date: April 6, 2016
Large blooms -- as big as some larger modern cultivars. Unusual c
Location: Western Kentucky
Date: April 2012
The photo doesn't do this nice Iris justice.

Photo courtesy of Bluebird Haven Iris Garden

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