Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Frederick Kerr
Year Of Registration: 1997
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1997
Seedling Number: 915901B
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 35 inches (89 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Rebloom
Bloom Color Classification: White
Wine
Yellow
Flower Patterns: Emma Cook
Bloom Color Description: Lemon yellow standards; white falls, wide yellow hafts, 1/4" dark reddish edge infusing and lightening toward center to form 1" band
Beard Color: Yellow
Style Arm Color: Yellow
Fragrance: Slight
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: Peach Picotee X 882801: (Gypsy Woman x Condottiere)
Child plants: 2 child plants

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Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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Date: May 30, 2022
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Date: 2021-10-17
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Date: 2021-10-14
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Date: 2020-04-20
Location: Mount Enterprise, Texas
Date: 2023-04-23
Location: Frannie's Iris Garden, Elk Grove, CA
Date: 2016-04-10
Location: Michigan-my garden
Date: May 30, 2017
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Location: Hanover PA
Date: 05-16-2015
Location: Elk Grove, CA
Date: 3 2016
Location: Australia
Date: 2022-10-30
Kiss of kisses
Location: Napa Iris Gardens
Date: 2012-05-18

Photo courtesy of Blue J Iris Used with permission.
Location: Napa Iris Gardens
Date: 2012-05-18
Location: Elizabeth Colorado
Date: 2017-05-30
First year bloom
Location: In a public garden
Date: 2013-05-04

Photo courtesy of Pleasants Valley Iris Farm
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