Irish Cream
Classification:
3 Y-Y[ Small-Cupped ]
Season:
Mid-Season to Late
Height:
Standard - 32.5 to 67.5 cm (12.8 to 26.6 in)
Year of first flowering:
1984
Hybridizer:
, Michigan, USA
Registered:
Yes, 1995
Seed Parent:
Irish Coffee 3 Y-YYO
Grant E. Mitsch, United States
Year of first flowering: 1957
Green Island x Chinese White
![](https://daffseek.org/wp-content/uploads/2007/02/Irish_Coffee-121x180.jpg)
![](https://daffseek.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Irish-Coffee-3Y-YYO-121x161.jpg)
Irish Coffee
Grant E. Mitsch, United States
Year of first flowering: 1957
Green Island x Chinese White
![](https://daffseek.org/wp-content/uploads/2007/02/Irish_Coffee-121x180.jpg)
![](https://daffseek.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Irish-Coffee-3Y-YYO-121x161.jpg)
![](https://daffseek.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Irish-Coffee-121x81.jpg)
Pollen Parent:
Moonfire 3 Y-W
Grant E. Mitsch, United States
Year Registered: 1972
Aircastle x J.L. Richardson seedling~
![](https://daffseek.org/wp-content/uploads/2007/02/Moonfire-121x180.jpg)
Moonfire
Grant E. Mitsch, United States
Year Registered: 1972
Aircastle x J.L. Richardson seedling~
![](https://daffseek.org/wp-content/uploads/2007/02/Moonfire-121x180.jpg)
![](https://daffseek.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Moonfire_U.S._National_Arboretum-121x81.jpg)
Seedling Number:
79-27-2
Descendants:
None
Comments
Creamy yellow; broad ovate perianth, rounded flower form; bowl cup; faces down;
Origin of Name
Part of Dr. John Reed’s “Irish Series.”
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Irish Cream, 3 Y-Y, Dr. John R. Reed, United States, 1995
Photo #1961 Kirby Fong, USA