Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Thomas Johnson
Year Of Registration: 2000
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2001
Seedling Number: U7C
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 48 inches (122 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid Late
Flower Form: Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Magenta
Bloom Color Description: Dark plum standards, paler center; claret purple falls, red plum edge, red brown hafts
Beard Color: Gold to orange gold in throat, white at end, short claret and white hook
Space Age Beard Appendages: Horns
Style Arm Color: Medium gold, violet to rose midrib and crests
Fragrance: Slight
Musky
Awards: Honorable Mention: 2003
Award of Merit: 2006

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: Sultry Mood X Conjuration
Child plants: 12 child plants

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Common names
  • Iris
  • Tall Bearded Iris

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Location: My garden
Date: June 4, 2019
Location: Southeast Nebraska
Date: 2014-05-24
Location: From my  garden. Poland.
Date: 2017-06-04
Location: Billings MT
Date: 2019-06-18
Location: Michigan-my garden
Location: From my  garden. Poland.
Date: 2017-06-04
Photo by MargieNY

Date: 2021-05-22
Photo by MargieNY
Location: Weiser, ID
Date: 2014 season
Photo by MargieNY
Photo by MargieNY
Photo by avmoran

Photo courtesy of Pleasants Valley Iris Farm

Photo courtesy of Pleasants Valley Iris Farm
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Photo courtesy of Blue J Iris Used with permission.

Photo courtesy of Blue J Iris Used with permission.
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