Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Barry Blyth
Year Of Registration: 2001
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2002
Seedling Number: F125-2
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 36 inches (91 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Flower Form: Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: White
Wine
Flower Patterns: Plicata
Bloom Color Description: Solid light red brown standards, slight greenish midrib cast; creamy white falls, 3/4" sienna red brown stitched band
Beard Color: Muted mustard
Awards: Honorable Mention: 2004
Award of Merit: 2007

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: Copatonic X Power Surge
Child plants: 50 child plants

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Common names
  • Iris
  • Tall Bearded Iris

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Location: Ljubljana, Slovenia
Date: 2024-05-05

Date: 2018-05-25
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Date: 2019-05-20
Location: Russia, Krasnodar region, Novokubansk
Date: 2021-05-21
Location: Russia, Krasnodarskij Kraj
Date: 2019-05-15
Location: Las Cruces, NM
Date: 2019-04-22
TB Iris Spice Lord

Date: 2018-05-18
Location: my yard

Date: 2017-05-23
Location: Lancaster, CA

Spice Lord

Date: 2017-05-22
Location: Sacramento, CA
Date: 2019-04-18
Location: West Central Tx
Location: Michigan-my garden
Date: June 1,2022
Location: Jacksonville, TX
Date: 2014-04-12

Spice Lord
Location: Lancaster, CA
Date: Spring 2017
Location: My garden in Northwest Arkansas
Date: 2013-05-13

Date: 2014-04-14
  • Uploaded by jon
Location: Catheys Valley CA
Photo courtesy of Superstition Iris Gardens, posted with permissi
Location: My garden in Northwest Arkansas
Date: 2013-05-13
Spice Lord is an absolutely beautiful red plicata -love it!

Date: 2008-05-28
Photo courtesy of Napa Country Iris Garden
Uploaded by huneybunch_2000

Date: 2014-04-04
  • Uploaded by jon

Date: 2014-04-04
  • Uploaded by jon
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