Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Barry Blyth
Year Of Registration: 1997
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1997
Seedling Number: A166-1
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 34 inches (86 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid Late
Flower Form: Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Gold
Wine
Flower Patterns: Variegata
Bloom Color Description: Old gold to antique gold standards; red black falls, 1/4" tan edge
Beard Color: Bronze, tipped old gold
Fragrance: Sweet

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: Town Gossip X Supreme Sultan

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Common names
  • Iris
  • Tall Bearded Iris

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Location: Cottonwood, CA
Date: 2021-04-14
Location: -Tasmania 2014
Location: Russia, Krasnodarskij Kraj
Date: 2018-05-11

Date: 2008-06-01
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Location: Maryland
Date: 2014-05-16
reliable bloomer
Location: Russia, Krasnodarskij Kraj
Date: 2018-05-14
Location: Wisconsin zone 5a
Date: 2010
Location: Panama Illinois
Date: 2018-05-16
Location: Anderson California 
Date: April 2016
Location: At Napa Iris Gardens
Date: 2014-04-26
Location: Cisco, Tx 
Date: 2019-04-27
Location: East Tennessee
Date: 2016-07-02
Location: Wonthaggi/North , Victoria, Australia
Date: 2022-10-28
Location: Arvada, Colorado zone 5
Date: 2006-05-31

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Location: My Garden - Delphi, Indiana
Mastery vs. Ancient Echoes (falls)

Photo by D Stewart SNOWPEAK IRIS
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