Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Michael Sutton
Year Of Registration: 2014
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2014
Seedling Number: X-4179
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 35 inches (89 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Mid Late
Late
Very Late
Flower Form: Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Violet
White
Yellow
Flower Patterns: Emma Cook
Bloom Color Description: Butter yellow standards; white falls blending to purple and purple violet, grey purple edge
Beard Color: Dresden yellow, short bald white horns
Space Age Beard Appendages: Horns
Style Arm Color: Butter yellow
Fragrance: Pronounced
Spicy

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: Mountain Sunrise X Spot On

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Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

Photo Gallery
Location: East facing garden zone 6b
Date: May 2023
Maiden bloom. I know it doesn't look like the Sutton pic but I ch
Location: East facing garden zone 6b
Date: May 2024
Second year. Increasing nicely, along with hardiness, color, and
Location: East facing garden zone 6b
Date: May 2023
After the first bloom it just exploded into bloom. This is a one

Photo courtesy of Sutton's Iris Gardens

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