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Hybridizer: Tom Burseen
Year Of Registration: 1993
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1994
Seedling Number: 9-215C
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 34 inches (86 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid Late
Flower Form: Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Tan
Violet
Wine
Flower Patterns: Plicata
Bloom Color Description: Tannish orange standards; white falls with red purple speckling more concentrated toward red purple edge
Beard Color: Mustard, tipped orange
Fragrance: Musky

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: Point Made X 6-146: (Rio de Oro x Noon Siesta)

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  • Tall Bearded Iris
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