| Hybridizer: | Paul Black |
| Year Of Registration: | 2012 |
| Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): | 2013 |
| Seedling Number: | O148B |
| Classification: | Tall Bearded (TB) |
| Registered Height: | 35 inches (89 cm) |
| Bloom Season: | Mid Mid Late Late Very Late |
| Flower Form: | Ruffled Laced |
| Bloom Color Classification: | Orchid |
| Bloom Color Description: | Mid smoky orchid violet standards; mid orchid violet falls, center quickly pales to chalky silvery violet blue leaving dark red violet narrow band |
| Beard Color: | Red orange |
| Style Arm Color: | Crest smoky orchid to warm pink violet along ridge |
| Fragrance: | Slight Musky |
| Awards: | Honorable Mention: 2015 |
| 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: | L77A: (Suspicion x Cool Confidence) X L22E: (Happenstance x J433A: (Fashionably Late x Keeping Up Appearances)) |
| Child plants: | 12 child plants |
« 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)
