Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Richard Tasco
Year Of Registration: 2011
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2011
Seedling Number: 06-TB-15-31
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 37 inches (94 cm)
Bloom Season: Early Mid
Flower Form: Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Magenta
Wine
Flower Patterns: Blend
Bloom Color Description: Magenta mauve standards, slightly darker toward top of midrib; red orchid falls prominently veined dark burgundy-black, slight magenta-mauve rim, white and yellow veins on shoulders
Beard Color: Burnt orange
Style Arm Color: Lemon amber, brown along midrib, brown fringed crest
Foliage: Purple Based
Fragrance: Slight
Awards: Honorable Mention: 2013
Award of Merit: 2015

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: Smoky Shadows X Indulgence
Child plants: 3 child plants

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Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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Date: 2017-04-27
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Date: 2012-04-29
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Date: 2013-01-20
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Date: 2013-05-20
Location: My garden in Bakersfield, CA
Date: April 19, 2012
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