Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Barry Blyth
Year Of Registration: 2012
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2012
Seedling Number: S181-1
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 37 inches (94 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Flower Form: Bubble Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Magenta
White
Flower Patterns: Emma Cook
Bloom Color Description: White standards; magenta violet falls, some magenta veining through creamy area around beard, tan hafts
Beard Color: Vivid tangerine orange
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: Downtown Man X Q211-Y: (Keppel 99-43S: (Last Laugh x 95-52C: (Braggadocio x Romantic Evening)) x Keppel 96-50F: (Braggadocio x 93-72W: (89-79D: (Witches' Sabbath x Gallant Rogue) x Romantic Evening)))
Child plants: 2 child plants

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Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

Photo Gallery
Location: Beaumont Ridge Iris Gardens
Date: May 16 2017
Location: Mid-America Gardens, Salem, Oregon
Date: 2016-05-05
Location: Concord, MA
Date: 2016-06-09

Date: 2015-05-11
Location: Bytom/Poland/
Date: 2015-05-29
Location: Keith Keppel's Garden
Date: 2015-05-13

Date: 2014-05-20
Location: Concord, MA
Date: 2016-06-09

Photo courtesy of Iris Sisters Farm, used with permission
Location: Concord, MA
Date: 2016-07-18

Date: 2018-11-01

Date: 2017-11-07
Photo by coboro

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