Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: J. Griffin Crump
Year Of Registration: 2009
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2011
Seedling Number: 042H4
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 37 inches (94 cm)
Bloom Season: Early Mid
Flower Form: Fluted
Bloom Color Classification: Wine
Flower Patterns: Bitone
Bloom Color Description: Ruby red standards; deep red falls, black overlay and slight ruby edge
Beard Color: Bronze
Style Arm Color: Yellow, broad red midrib and crests

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
Underground structures: Rhizome
Propagation: Seeds: Will not come true from seed
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Ploidy: Tetraploid
Parentage: 02P2: (Saturday Night Live x 6953X7: (93F4: (yellow bitone sdlg: (Wabash x Crossman yellow sdlg) x Congo Song) x Sweeter than Wine)) X 01S2: (Aura Light x Romantic Evening)

Image
Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

Photo Gallery
Uploaded by grannysgarden
Location: Southern California zone 10a
Date: April 2, 2016
Flaring form, deep rich color, and lots of velvet.
Location: Southern California zone 10a
Date: April 1, 2016
Lots of velvet and vivid color!
Uploaded by grannysgarden

Photo courtesy of Stout Gardens
Location: Zone 7a
Date: 2014-04-25

Date: 2011-04-17
\"Photo by J. Griffin Crump. Used with permission.\"

« Add a new plant to the database

» Search the Irises Database: by characteristics or by cultivar name

« See the general plant entry for Irises (Iris)

« Visit the Irises forum

« The Irises Database Front Page

« The Plants Database Front Page