Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Paul Black
Year Of Registration: 2023
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2023
Seedling Number: AA73J
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 34 inches (86.5 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Mid Late
Late
Very Late
Flower Form: Bubble Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Black
Purple
Flower Patterns: Bitone
Bloom Color Description: Mid iridescent elliptical violet blue standards in center blending to dark purple black wide band, finely lined black; white half moon spot around beards and half way down falls veined and stippled black, surrounded by velvety black remainder of falls, very fine white dotted rim
Beard Color: Mid gold
Style Arm Color: Mid charcoal brown black
Fragrance: Pronounced
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: Laser Light Show X Black X141E:(Black U53D, Rise Like A Phoenix sibling x Black U38B, Jungle Mist sibling)

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Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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Date: 2024-05-08

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