Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Richard Tasco
Year Of Registration: 2013
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2013
Seedling Number: 03-TB-15-12-RE
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 33 inches (84 cm)
Bloom Season: Early Mid
Rebloom
Flower Form: Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Violet
White
Flower Patterns: Plicata
Bloom Color Description: Warm white standards covered by red pansy purple dots becoming almost solid towards the edges; cold white falls covered by darker red pansy purple dots becoming darker towards the edges, speckling intensity can vary from flower to flower
Beard Color: Hairs based white, tips golden yellow in middle and throat, purple white at end
Style Arm Color: Pansy purple ridges, light lavender white middle, lime yellow edge, fringed pansy purple crests
Fragrance: Sweet
Awards: Honorable Mention: 2015
Award of Merit: 2017
John C. Wister Medal: 2019
President's Cup: 2019

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: Mariposa Autumn X Celestial Explosion
Child plants: one child plant

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Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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Location: Vaughn garden
Date: 2016-04-23
Uploaded by Henhouse
Location: Washington 8b
Date: 2020-05-07
Location: Home garden
Date: 2016-03-27
Uploaded by shizen
Location: Lancaster, CA
Date: 2017-11-26
Blooming 11/26

Date: 2014-04-24
Location: Frannie's Iris Garden, Elk Grove, CA
Date: 2016-03-27
Location: Santa Cruz Mountains, California
Date: 2017-04-11
AUTUMN EXPLOSION (Tasco '13)
Location: Washington 8b
Date: 2020-05-07
Location: Washington 8b
Date: 2021-05-17
Location: Phoenix (Zone 9b)
Date: 2021-04-04
Uploaded by shizen
Location: Wilhoit, AZ
Date: April 2024
Autumn Explosion at Bloomer-Rang Iris Farm
Location: Lancaster, CA
Date: Spring 2017
Location: Home garden
Date: 2015-04-13
Location: Home garden
Date: 2015-04-13
Location: Frannie's Iris Garden, Elk Grove, CA
Date: 2016-02-28
Location: God's Garden - Atwater CA
Date: April 3, 2015
Location: Catheys Valley CA
Photo courtesy of Superstition Iris Gardens, posted with permissi
Location: Whitesboro, TX
Image courtesy of The Shady Spot Iris. All rights reserved.
Location: Home garden
Date: 2015-04-17
Location: Whitesboro, TX
Image courtesy of The Shady Spot Iris. All rights reserved.
Location: Home garden
Date: 2015-04-13

Date: 2014-05-13

Photo courtesy of Stout Gardens
  • Uploaded by Joy
Location: Willamette Valley, Oregon 
Date: 2015-04-22
Location: God's Garden - Atwater CA
Date: April 2, 2015
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shizen On October 16, 2016 Obtained plant
b stlk 12.31, some rot 1.3, b 1.10.17
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