Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Tom Burseen
Year Of Registration: 2014
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2015
Seedling Number: 011-297A
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 35 inches (89 cm)
Bloom Season: Early
Early Mid
Mid
Mid Late
Late
Flower Form: Bubble Ruffled
Flared
Bloom Color Classification: Gold
Violet
White
Bloom Color Description: Pure white standards, red purple random splattering; pure white falls, yellow gold washed hafts, random dark purple splatters
Beard Color: Poppy orange, tattered and feathered white horns, gold stems
Space Age Beard Appendages: Horns
Style Arm Color: White, washed gold
Awards: Honorable Mention: 2017
Award of Merit: 2019
John C. Wister Medal: 2021
Dykes Memorial Medal: 2023

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: Miles Keith X 09-79: (07-167: (Sammie's Jammies x Enchanter) x McSeedman Sees Red)
Child plants: 7 child plants

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  • Tall Bearded Iris
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Location: Durham, NC
Date: 2020-04-25
Location: Las Cruces, NM
Date: 2017-04-19
Tall Bearded Iris Don't Doubt Dalton
Location: Las Cruces, NM
Date: 2020-05-06
TB Iris Don't Doubt Dalton
Location: Russia, Rostov Region. Natalia Ternovaya 's Garden
Location: Superstition Gardens - Cathey's Valley CA
Date: 2017-05-07
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Location: Russia, Rostov Region. Natalia Ternovaya 's Garden
Location: Knoxville, Tennessee 
Date: 2022-04-28
Don’t Doubt Dalton
Location: Las Cruces, NM
Date: 2017-04-15
Tall Bearded Iris Don't Doubt Dalton
Location: my yard
Location: Russia, Rostov Region. Natalia Ternovaya 's Garden
Location: Ramona, CA
Date: Spring 2019
Location: Michigan-my garden
Date: May 30,2022
Location: Catheys Valley CA
Photo courtesy of Superstition Iris Gardens, posted with permissi
Location: Catheys Valley CA
Photo courtesy of Superstition Iris Gardens, posted with permissi
Location: Columbia, SC
Date: 2018-04-28
Location: Columbia, SC
Date: 2018-04-28

Image courtesy of Sutton's Iris Gardens
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