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Hybridizer: Thomas Johnson
Year Of Registration: 2012
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2012
Seedling Number: TA93A
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 33 inches (84 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Flower Form: Bubble Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Gold
Red
White
Yellow
Flower Patterns: Line and Speckles
Bloom Color Description: White standards, pencil thin gold halo; white falls overlaid by red violet lines radiating out to wide rimmed yellow white edge
Beard Color: Tangerine
Style Arm Color: White, yellow edged crests
Fragrance: Slight
Awards: Honorable Mention: 2014
Award of Merit: 2016
John C. Wister Medal: 2019

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: (Impulsive x Whispering Spirits) X Painter's Touch
Child plants: 5 child plants

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  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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Date: 2020-03-27
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Date: 2016-05-05
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Date: 2015-05-13

Date: 2018-05-23
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Date: May 26, 2021
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Date: 2015-05-30
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Date: 2019-04-26
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Date: 2015-05-13
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Date: 2015-05-13
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Date: 2018-05-23
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Date: 2015-05-13
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Date: 2015-05-13
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Date: 2021-11-01
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Date: 2021-11-03
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Date: 2023-04-19
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Date: 2021-05-16
It just opened.
Location: Concord, MA
Date: 2016-06-05
after a rain storm
Location: Will Rogers Garden OKC
Date: April 2015
Insaniac
Location: Mid America Gardens
Date: 2012-06-04
Uploaded by Mikey
Location: Australia
Date: 2021-11-01
Location: Mid-America Garden in Salem, OR
Date: May 20, 2010
Identified by its seedling number when introduced
Location: Concord, MA
Date: 2016-07-18
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Date: 2021-05-06
Location: My garden, Watkins Glen, NY
Date: June 1, 2022
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Photo courtesy of Superstition Iris Gardens, posted with permissi
Location: My garden
Date: 2019-05-24
First year bloom.
Location: Burleson TX 
Date: 2020
Insaniac in my garden 2020
Location: My Caffeinated Garden
Date: 2019-04-23
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Location: Midcoast Maine
Location: My garden
Date: 2019-05-31
Top view.
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Date: 2016-05-21

Date: 2013-04-24
Photo courtesy of Napa Country Iris Garden
Location: Mid America Gardens
Date: 2012-05-31

Photo courtesy of Mid-America Garden
Location: Australia
Date: 2023-11-02
Insaniac
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Date: 2022-11-06
Insaniac
Location: Australia
Date: 2022-11-03
Insaniac
Location: Australia
Date: 2021-11-01
Insaniac

Date: 2010-05-20 
Identified by its seedling number when introduced

Date: 2015-05-30
Location: Mid America Gardens
Date: 2012-05-31

Photo courtesy of Stout Gardens
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Location: Columbia, SC
Date: 2018-04-28
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Date: 2023
Location: Wilhoit, AZ
Date: 2023
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