Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Paul Black
Year Of Registration: 2011
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2012
Seedling Number: O174XX
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 46 inches (117 cm)
Bloom Season: Late
Very Late
Flower Form: Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Copper/Brown
Gold
Purple
White
Flower Patterns: Plicata
Bloom Color Description: Chalky slate white standards, greenish gold flush up midrib and wide brassy gold blended band; white falls, plicata washed mid purple overall becoming heavier toward edges, narrow plum brown band rimmed brass gold
Beard Color: Violet white base, tips old gold, brown in middle
Style Arm Color: Brassy gold, rust tan streaks up crests
Fragrance: Pronounced
Sweet
Awards: Honorable Mention: 2014
Award of Merit: 2016

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: Magic Masquerade X Ring Around Rosie
Child plants: 8 child plants

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Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
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Location: Durham, NC
Date: 2017-05-03
Uploaded by Serjio
Location: Home garden
Date: 2018-05-16
Location: Southeast Indiana
Date: May
Tall Bearded Iris: (Dipped in Dots)

Date: 2017-05-31
Location: Lincoln NE zone 5
Date: 2019-05-31
Location: Russia, Krasnodarskij Kraj
Date: 2019-05-25

Date: 2016-06-07

Date: 2017-06-04
Location: Durham, NC
Date: 2017-05-06
Uploaded by tveguy3
Location: My garden
Date: 2019-06-18
Different color in different light..
Uploaded by tveguy3
Location: Menton, France
Date: 2019-06-02
Location: My garden
Date: 2019-06-12
First year bloom.
Location: Lincoln NE zone 5
Date: 2019-05-27
Location: Chino Valley Arizona
Date: 2022-05-27
Location: My garden
Date: 2019-06-12
First year bloom.
Location: My garden
Date: 2019-06-12
First year bloom.
Location: Russia, Krasnodarskij Kraj
Location: Mid America Gardens
Date: 2011-06-01
Location: Menton, France
Date: 2019-05-27
Location: Las Cruces, NM
Date: 2018-05-08
TB Iris Dipped In Dots
Location: Mid America Gardens
Date: 2012-06-04
Location: Mid America Gardens
Date: 2012-06-02
Location: Las Cruces, NM
Date: 2022-05-09
TB Iris Dipped in Dots
Location: Lincoln NE zone 5
Date: 2018-05-30
Location: Russia, Krasnodarskij Kraj
Date: 2019-05-29
Location: My garden
Date: 2019-06-21
Uploaded by TBMan
Location: Mid America Gardens
Date: 2011-06-02
Location: Mt. Pleasant Iris Farm
Date: 2015-05-21

Date: 2015-05-30
Location: North Dakota, northwest exposure 
Date: 2019-06-15

Date: 2015-05-30

Photo courtesy of Mid-America Garden

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