Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Anna & David Cadd
Year Of Registration: 2011
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2011
Seedling Number: 27-2000-1
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 40-42 inches (101-106 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid Late
Bloom Color Classification: White
Wine
Flower Patterns: Plicata
Bloom Color Description: White standards, marbled intense red purple, brown purple at base of midribs, lighter in center; white falls, red purple plicata markings, spots and dots, distinctive deep purple veins, narrow darker red purple edges and tips of petals
Beard Color: White at end, white base tipped lavender in middle, tipped brown in throat
Style Arm Color: Purple, brown edges
Foliage: Purple Based
Purple Stems or Bracts
Fragrance: Pronounced
Musky
Awards: Honorable Mention: 2015

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: Take Me Away X Tennessee Woman

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Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

Photo Gallery
Location: Cottonwood, CA
Date: 2022-04-24
Location: Home garden
Date: 2015-04-20
Location: My garden
Date: 2020-05-15
Later bloom.
Location: Home garden
Date: 2016-04-12
Location: My garden
Date: 2019-05-25
First year bloom. Continues to bloom after rain.
Location: My garden
Date: 2019-05-29
It bloomed most of May, in a pot! First year bloom!
Location: Saratoga, CA
Date: 2019-04-25
Location: Home garden
Date: 2015-04-20
Location: My garden
Date: 2019-05-11
First bloom.
Location: Cottonwood, CA
Date: 2023-04-30
Location: Cottonwood, CA
Date: 2023-04-30
Location: My garden
Date: 2020-05-01
Look how purple the buds are!
Location: My garden
Date: 2020-05-01
This picture does not capture the deep purple foliage.

Date: 2021-05-20
Location: My garden
Date: 2019-05-22
Long blooming..
Location: Home garden
Date: 2015-04-17
Location: Home garden
Date: 2015-04-17
Location: Home garden
Date: 2015-04-20
Location: My garden
Date: 2019-05-29

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Plant Events from our members
UndyingLight On October 12, 2018 Obtained plant
Planted October 12th, 2018
gardenglassgems On September 4, 2021 Potted up
Removed from Flower Raised Bed 2. Potted up some rhizomes.
CHERYLAWILSON On July 11, 2020 Obtained plant
Planted 04-19-2021
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