Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Currier McEwen
Year Of Registration: 1981
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1981
Seedling Number: T1 72/101(2)
Classification: Siberian
Registered Height: 33.5 inches (85 cm)
Bloom Season: Very Very Early
Very Early
Early
Early Mid
Mid
Bloom Color Classification: Violet
Bloom Color Description: Very dark reddish purple
Style Arm Color: Very dark reddish purple
Awards: Honorable Mention: 1983
Award of Merit: 1985

General Plant Information (Edit)
Life cycle: Perennial
Flowers: Showy
Ploidy: Tetraploid
Parentage: Ruffled Velvet X Tealwood
Child plants: one child plant

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Common names
  • Iris
  • Siberian Iris

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Location: Yorkshire England 
Date: June 2015
From the Royal Horticulture Society garden
Location: Mt.  Pleasant Iris Farm
Location: Mt. Pleasant Iris in WA
Date: 2015-05-15
Location: Mt. Pleasant Iris in WA
Date: 2015-05-15

Photo courtesy of Singing Tree Gardens Nursery
  • Uploaded by Joy
Location: In my Canadian Zone 2b garden here close to Brandon, Manitoba, Canada.
Date: 2012-06-22
Location: In my Canadian Zone 2b garden here close to Brandon, Manitoba, Canada.
Date: 2012-06-22
Location: RHS Harlow Carr, Yorkshire, UK
Date: 2019-04-19

Photo Courtesy of Tranquil Lake Nursery. Used with Permission
  • Uploaded by Joy

Photo Courtesy of Tranquil Lake Nursery. Used with Permission
  • Uploaded by Joy
Uploaded by irisloverdee

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