Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Lesley Blyth
Year Of Registration: 1985
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1985
Seedling Number: RL4-1
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 34 inches (86 cm)
Bloom Season: Early
Early Mid
Mid
Rebloom
Flower Form: Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Gold
White
Flower Patterns: Plicata
Bloom Color Description: Solid lemon standards; white falls stitched bright lemon
Beard Color: Lemon 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
Ploidy: Tetraploid
Parentage: Broadway X Beverly Sills
Child plants: 18 child plants

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Location: Metropolitan Adelaide, South Australia
Date: 16/03/2020
Location: Mebourne, Australia
Date: 19,10.2013
Location: Sussex, UK
Date: late May 2020

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Location: Burleson TX 
Date: 2020-05-01
Location: Burleson TX
Location: Burleson TX 
Date: 2020-06-24

Date: 2016-11-07

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