Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Lesley Painter
Year Of Registration: 2008
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2009
Seedling Number: L03-129E
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 34-36 inches (86-91 cm)
Bloom Season: Early Mid
Flower Form: Bubble Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Black
White
Flower Patterns: Amoena
Bloom Color Description: White standards, lower edge touched tan, pencil thin purple edge, and/or faint lavender edge; midnight purple falls becoming purple below prominent white starburst, white center stripe
Beard Color: White, tipped coral red
Style Arm Color: White, crests splashed with brown bronze and slight purple
Fragrance: Slight
Sweet

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: L00-28B: (L98-73: (Jazzed Up x Dance Hall Dolly) x Romantic Evening) X --probably Starring
Child plants: one child plant

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Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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Photo by bramedog
Photo by bramedog
Location: Philo, California
Date: 2020-04-17
Location: Iowa
Location: Philo, California
Date: 2020-04-17
Photo by bramedog
Photo by bramedog
Location: Southeast Indiana
Date: May 2014
tall bearded iris 'Cosmic Celebration'
Location: Mandan, ND
Date: 2019-06-17
Location: Philo, California
Date: 2016-04-09

Date: 2014-04-23
Location: home garden VA
Date: 2019-05-01
TBI COSMIC CELEBRATION
Location: My garden in Warfordsburg, PA
Date: 2016-05-21
Location: Warfordsburg, PA
Date: May 26, 2014
Excellent!
Location: Iowa
Date: 2013-05-23
Photo by bramedog
Location: home garden VA
Date: 2020-04-25
Location: Napa Iris Gardens
Date: 2012-05-18
Location: Bay View Gardens
Date: 2011-04-28

Photo courtesy of Stout Gardens

Date: 2009-04-23
Photo courtesy of Napa Country Iris Garden
Location: God's Garden - Atwater CA
Date: April 2, 2015
Location: God's Garden - Atwater CA
Date: March 29, 2015

Date: 2014-05-19
throat, beard, haft, fall

Photo courtesy of Blue J Iris. Used with permission.
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Location: Superstitions Garden In California
Date: 2012-04-30
Location: God's Garden - Atwater CA
Date: March 30, 2015
Location: Napa Iris Gardens
Date: 2012-05-18
Location: God's Garden - Atwater CA
Date: April 2, 2015
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Cosmic Celebration Iris by sarahbugw Nov 11, 2013 11:02 PM 1

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