Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Richard Tasco
Year Of Registration: 2011
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2011
Seedling Number: 01-IB/BB-40-08
Classification: Border Bearded (BB)
Registered Height: 27 inches (69 cm)
Bloom Season: Early Mid
Flower Form: Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Violet
White
Yellow
Flower Patterns: Luminata
Bloom Color Description: Violet standards veined lighter, lightening toward slight tan edge; slightly darker pansy-violet falls sanded and veined lighter toward slight tan edge, very bright primrose yellow areas becoming white areas on sides of beards
Beard Color: Tangerine, white at end
Style Arm Color: Cold white, faint violet blush toward fringed crest, slight yellow blush on top of crest
Fragrance: Spicy
Awards: Honorable Mention: 2013
Award of Merit: 2016
Knowlton Medal: 2018

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 8b
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Underground structures: Rhizome
Propagation: Seeds: Will not come true from seed
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Ploidy: Unbalanced Tetraploid
Parentage: Fancy Woman X Hoodlum

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Common names
  • Border Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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Location: My garden in southeast Nebraska
Date: 2014-05-12
Location: In my garden, Middletown, Delaware
Date: 2021-05-03
Location: My garden in southeast Nebraska
Date: 2013-05-26
Photo by Dachsylady86
Photo by Dachsylady86
Location: Catheys Valley CA
Photo courtesy of Superstition Iris Gardens, posted with permissi
Location: My garden in southeast Nebraska
Date: 2013-05-18
Location: My garden in southeast Nebraska
Date: 2014-05-11
Location: My garden in southeast Nebraska
Date: 2014-05-09
Location: Whitesboro, TX
Image courtesy of The Shady Spot Iris. All rights reserved.

Date: 2014-04-30

Date: 2014-04-29

Date: 2014-05-04
Location: My garden in southeast Nebraska
Date: 2013-05-16
Location: San Ramos, CA AIS 2019 Convention
Date: 2019-04-24
Voted Best Specimen of the exhibition show

Date: 2015-04-17
Location: In my garden
Date: 2013-05-07

Date: 2014-04-30

Date: 2013-05-08

Date: 2013-05-08

Date: 2014-04-29
Location: In my garden
Date: 2013-05-07
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Comments:
  • Posted by KentPfeiffer (Southeast Nebraska - Zone 5b) on Mar 1, 2015 3:42 PM concerning plant:
    Strong grower and reliably heavy bloomer in my garden.

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