Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Ben Johnson
Year Of Registration: 2008
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2011
Seedling Number: I4-C
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 32 inches (81 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Flower Form: Bubble Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Tan
Lavender
Flower Patterns: Bicolor
Bloom Color Description: Creamy tan standards, some lavender influence and yellow highlights at base; medium lavender falls deepening toward edges, paler near beards, thin smoky plum edge, wide smoky plum border on reverse
Beard Color: Very pale lavender, yellow in throat
Style Arm Color: Pale lavender, yellow crests
Fragrance: Slight
Sweet
Awards: Honorable Mention: 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: Heartstring Strummer X Society Page

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Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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Date: 2013-04-20
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Date: May 2013
Tango to the Moonlight tall bearded iris
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Date: 2012-04-29
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Date: 2012-04-29
Location: Photo by Carol Bacskai; zone 5b, Yorkville, IL
Date: 2022-06-08
Location: Michigan-my garden
Date: 2018-06-01
Location: My garden in Bakersfield, CA
Date: 2013-05-01
Location: My garden in Bakersfield, CA

Date: 2013-01-20
Photo courtesy of Napa Country Iris Garden
Location: Mid-America Gardens, Salem, Oregon
Date: 2016-05-05
Location: Mid-America Gardens, Salem, Oregon
Date: 2016-05-05
Location: My garden in Bakersfield, CA
Date: 2013-05-01
Location: My garden in Bakersfield, CA
Date: 2013-04-26
Location: My garden in Bakersfield, CA
Date: 2013-04-26
Location: My garden in Bakersfield, CA
Date: 2013-05-01
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