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Hybridizer: John Painter
Year Of Registration: 2013
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2014
Seedling Number: J05-20C
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 36 inches (91 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Flower Form: Bubble Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Wine
Flower Patterns: Bitone
Bloom Color Description: Deep warm red standards, gold tinted base and midrib; deeper red falls, touch of purple below beards
Beard Color: Antique gold
Style Arm Color: Rust red
Awards: Honorable Mention: 2016

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: Valentino X House Afire
Child plants: 3 child plants

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Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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Date: 2020-05-21
Location: My garden, Ukraine, Zaporizhzhya region Zone: 6a 
Date: 2021-05-28

Date: 2015-05-14

Date: 2014-04-27

Date: 2014-04-28
Location: Russia, Krasnodarskij Kraj
Date: 2021-05-23
Location: Russia, Krasnodarskij Kraj
Date: 2021-05-23
Location: At Napa Iris Gardens
Date: 2014-04-26
Location: My garden, Willow Valley Communities, Lakes Campus, Willow Street, Pennsylvania, USA
Date: 2019-05-18
Morning photo
Location: My garden, Willow Valley Communities, Lakes Campus, Willow Street, Pennsylvania, USA
Date: 2019-05-18
Afternoon photo
Location: Menton, France
Date: 2018-04-28
Uploaded by coboro
Location: bed c
Date: 2021-05-15
early morning

Date: 2014-04-23
Location: Bed C Oregon
Date: 2022-05-31
many varieties short stemmed this year
Location: Mt. Pleasant Iris in WA
Date: 2015-05-13
Location: My garden, Willow Valley Communities, Willow Street, Pennsylvania
Location: My garden, Willow Valley Communities, Willow Street, Pennsylvania
Date: 2021-05-23

Date: 2015-04-25
Location: At Napa Iris Gardens
Date: 2014-04-26
Location: My garden, Willow Valley Communities, Lakes Campus, Willow Street, Pennsylvania, USA
Date: 2019-05-18
Afternoon photo of standards and beards
Location: Back yard
Date: 2017-05-27
Location: Catheys Valley CA
Date: 3-31-2015
Photo courtesy of Superstition Iris Gardens, posted with permissi
Location: bed c
Date: 2021-05-15
early morning

Date: 2014-04-23
Location: Bed C Oregon
Date: 2022-05-31
many varieties short stemmed this year
Location: Ramona, CA
Location: Back yard
Date: 2017-05-27

Date: 2013-10-12
Photo courtesy of Napa Country Iris Garden
Location: Bed C Oregon
Date: 2022-05-31
many varieties short stemmed this year
Location: My garden, Willow Valley Communities, Willow Street, Pennsylvania
Date: 2021-05-22
Location: At Napa Iris Gardens
Date: 2014-04-26
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Location, location, location! by Calif_Sue Apr 30, 2014 9:45 PM 1

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