Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Paul Black
Year Of Registration: 2007
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2008
Seedling Number: L5A
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 36 inches (91 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid Late
Flower Form: Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Purple
Violet
Yellow
Flower Patterns: Blend
Bloom Color Description: Medium yellow standards veined darker yellow, paler margins; lilac violet falls, dark red plum haft and blot around beard streaking and cascading out over petal, heavier through center, muted slate-mauve blended band
Beard Color: Dark gold
Style Arm Color: Medium yellow, dark violet lip
Fragrance: Pronounced
Spicy
Awards: Honorable Mention: 2010

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: Brazilian Holiday X Foreign Legion
Child plants: one child plant

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Common names
  • Iris
  • Tall Bearded Iris

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Date: 2019-05-19
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Date: 2012-05-18
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Date: 2012-05-18
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