Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Paul Black
Year Of Registration: 1998
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1998
Seedling Number: A114J
Classification: Intermediate Bearded (IB)
Registered Height: 27 inches (69 cm)
Bloom Season: Early
Flower Form: Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Lavender
Purple
Flower Patterns: Plicata
Bloom Color Description: Dark purple standards, pinkish orchid midrib; silvery orchid falls, heavily washed medium red purple, narrow dark purple edge
Beard Color: Medium purple
Style Arm Color: Medium purple
Fragrance: Pronounced
Sweet
Awards: Honorable Mention: 2001

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 8b
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Underground structures: Rhizome
Propagation: Seeds: Will not come true from seed
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Ploidy: Unbalanced Tetraploid
Parentage: Privileged Character X Polar Seas
Child plants: one child plant

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Location: Little garden of Big Dreams, Dayton KY
Date: 2022-05-02
Location: Santa Cruz Mountains, California
Date: 2018-04-22
Location: Cisco, Tx 
Date: 2020-04-02
It's always fun to find one with 4 falls.
Location: Fort Worth TX
Date: 2010-04-11
Intermediate iris \"This and That\"
Location: southeast Nebraska 
Date: 2021-05-04
Location: Santa Cruz Mountains, California
Date: 2020-04-24
This and That
Location: Washington 8b
Date: 2021-05-11
Location: Santa Cruz Mountains, California
Date: 2018-04-18
This and That (Black 1998)
Location: Washington 8b
Date: 2021-05-11

Date: 2010-04-15
Intermediate iris \"This and That
Location: Washington 8b
Date: 2020-04-28
Location: Fort Worth TX
Date: 2009-03-24
Intermediate iris \"This and That\"
Location: In my Northern California garden
Date: 2012-04-17
Location: Dayton KY
Date: May 5th 2014
Location: Enid, Oklahoma
Date: 2013-05-13
Location: In my Northern California garden
Date: 2012-04-17
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