Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Tom Burseen
Year Of Registration: 2012
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2013
Seedling Number: 09-616A
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 36 inches (91 cm)
Bloom Season: Very Very Early
Very Early
Early
Early Mid
Mid
Bloom Color Classification: Violet
Bloom Color Description: Violet blue standards, splotched and splashed dark violet blue; light violet blue falls splashed and dotted dark violet blue, olive edges
Beard Color: Tangerine in throat, light yellow in middle, creamy blue at end
Style Arm Color: Creamy violet blue, purple stigma

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: 07-277: (04-119: (02-232 x 01-405: (99-421: (Fogbound x Joan’s Party) x 97-877: (94-188: (Thornbird x Scarborough Affaire) x Epicenter))) x 04-93: (Mythology x 02-355: (Sarah Sunshine x Storm Track))) X 07-53: (Daughter of Stars x Athens)
Child plants: 2 child plants

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Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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Location: Durham, NC
Date: 2019-04-15
In shade.
Location: Durham, NC
Date: 2019-04-15
In shade.

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