Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Larry Lauer
Year Of Registration: 2006
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2009
Seedling Number: 2178-1
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 37 inches (94 cm)
Bloom Season: Early Mid
Flower Form: Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Black
Orchid
Flower Patterns: Bicolor
Bloom Color Description: Lilac standards, plum purple midrib, honeysuckle rim; jet black falls, white marking at shoulders
Beard Color: Nasturtium red, nasturtium orange at end
Style Arm Color: Honeysuckle, mineral violet
Fragrance: Pronounced
Sweet
Awards: Honorable Mention: 2011

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: 934-2: (Night Game x 624-2: (Hello Darkness x Night Attack)) X Starring
Child plants: 2 child plants

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Common names
  • Iris
  • Tall Bearded Iris

Photo Gallery
Location: Miller's Manor Gardens, Canby, Oregon
Date: 2015-05-21
AIS National Convention, Portland, OR--Iris in Wonderland 2015
Location: My Garden in Warfordsburg, PA
Date: 2015-05-21

Date: 2014-05-19
Location: East facing garden zone 6a
Date: June 2022
Maiden bloom from iris planted in Summer/Fall 2021
Location: Schreiners Gardens
Date: 2012-06-04
Location: Mid-America Gardens
Date: 2015-05-13
Location: Whitesboro, TX
Date: 2018-05-15
Image courtesy of The Shady Spot Iris. All rights reserved.
Photo by coboro
Location: San Diego, CA
Date: 2019-05-04
taken at the 2019 San Diego iris spring show and sale, fall appea
Location: My Garden in Warfordsburg, PA
Date: 2015-05-21
Lovely color contrast
Location: Mid-America Gardens
Date: 2015-05-14

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