Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Barry Blyth
Year Of Registration: 2001
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2001
Seedling Number: H159-1
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 35 inches (89 cm)
Bloom Season: Late
Rebloom
Flower Form: Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Copper/Brown
Gold
Silver/Grey
Violet
Yellow
Flower Patterns: Blend
Bloom Color Description: Blended lemon buff to brassy gold standards, edges lighter, deeper at midrib; violet falls, lightening toward edge, 1/8" grey edge, hafts overlaid red brown
Beard Color: Old gold

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: E128-2: (Over the Blues x Sierra Grande) X Mastery
Child plants: 28 child plants

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Common names
  • Iris
  • Tall Bearded Iris

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Location: Kansas City, MO
Date: 2015-05-11
Location: Russia, Krasnodarskij Kraj
Date: 2019-05-19
Location: Russia, Krasnodarskij Kraj
Date: 2019-05-19
Location: Photo by Carol Bacskai; zone 5b, Yorkville, IL
Date: 2023-06-02
Location: My backyard in Allentown, PA
Date: 2017-05-19
A newly installed plant's first bloom on 19 May 2017.
Location: My property in Idaho
Date: Photo taken June 7, 2022
Location: Home
Date: 2014-05-28
Location: Australia
Location: Richlands, NC
Date: 2022-05-02
Location: Yorkville, IL
Date: 2020-06-02
Location: My property in Idaho
Date: Photo taken June 7, 2022
Uploaded by Betja
Location: Cisco, Tx 
Date: 2021-05-10
Location: Home
Date: 2016-06-06
Location: Southern Colorado 
Date: 2022-06-18
Location: Yorkville, IL
Date: 2020-06-01
Location: Schreiners Gardens
Date: 2012-06-04
Location: My garden in Kentucky
Date: May 6, 2010 10:35 PM
First year bloom.
Location: My garden in Kentucky
Date: May 6, 2010 8:47 AM
First year bloom.
Location: My garden in Kentucky
Date: May 6, 2010 8:47 AM
First year bloom.
Location: Home
Date: 2016-06-07
Location: Schreiners Gardens
Date: 2012-06-04
Location: My garden in Kentucky
Date: 2010-05-07
First year bloom.
Location: Australia
Date: 2023-11-11
Final Episode
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Location: Australia
Date: 2023-11-08
Final Episode
Location: My garden in Kentucky
Date: 2015-05-10
Location: My garden in Kentucky
Date: 2010-05-06
First year bloom.
Location: My backyard in Allentown, PA
Date: 2017-05-24
This episode includes a tripple on 24 May 2017.
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Uploaded by Betja

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