Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: James Gibson
Year Of Registration: 1971
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1972
Seedling Number: 23-7B
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 37 inches (94 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Bloom Color Classification: Orchid
Cream
Flower Patterns: Plicata
Bloom Color Description: Smoky orchid veining on cream and mauve standards; smoky orchid and mauve rim on creamy falls
Beard Color: Yellow
Awards: Honorable Mention: 1973

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: 30-5B: (35-1 PB1A: (23-4B x Rococo) x April Melody)) X 142-4A: (86-2PF x 2-2 PL)
Child plants: 67 child plants

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Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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Location: Australia
Date: 2020-10-05
Location: Philo, California
Date: 2020-04-17
Location: Kensington Park South Australia
Date: 2016-10-26
Location: Australia
Date: 2020-10-10
Location: Durham, NC
Date: 2016-05-08
In full sun
Location: West Central Tx 
Date: 2022-04-25

Date: 2016-10-07
Location: My property in Idaho
Date: Photo taken June 1, 2022
Location: Philo, California
Date: 2021-05-02
Location: Shady point, oklahoma 
Date: 10AM April 12th
Location: Philo, California
Date: 2018-04-25
Location: Australia
Date: 2021-10-21

Date: 2017-10-09
Location: Australia
Date: 2022-10-21
Smoke Rings

Photo courtesy of Val Harding in Melbourne Australia
Location: Western Kentucky
Date: April 2012

Photo courtesy of Val Harding in Melbourne Australia
Location: Western Kentucky
Date: April 2012
The pink on this Iris is a little more intense that the photo sho
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