Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Barbara Nicodemus
Year Of Registration: 2002
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2004
Seedling Number: D8-4
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 34 inches (86 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Flower Form: Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Black
Flower Patterns: Bitone
Bloom Color Description: Black black cherry red, small white area by beards striated black cherry
Beard Color: Black cherry red, tipped bronze
Awards: Honorable Mention: 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
Underground structures: Rhizome
Propagation: Seeds: Will not come true from seed
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Ploidy: Tetraploid
Parentage: Hello Darkness X Epicenter
Child plants: 7 child plants

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Common names
  • Iris
  • Tall Bearded Iris

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Date: 2019-05-16
Location: Garland, TX
Date: 2018-04-05
Location: Garland, TX
Date: 2018-04-05
Standards are nearly black in color until backlit.
Location: Garland, TX
Date: 2018-04-05
Location: My garden in Bakersfield, CA
Date: 2012-04-21
Location: Weiser, ID
Date: 2017-05-11
Photo by Betja
Location: Las Cruces, NM
Date: 2019-04-19
TB Iris Crimson Lights
Location: Las Cruces, NM
Date: 2020-04-15
TB Iris Crimson LIghts
Location: Garland, TX
Date: 2018-04-06
Second day open and standards color has lightened up.  Plummy. :-

Date: 2010-05-23
Location: Garland, TX
Date: 2018-04-03
Photo by Betja
Photo by Betja
Location: Garland, TX
Date: 2018-04-03
Location: Garland, TX
Date: 2018-04-03
Location: Garland, TX
Date: 2018-04-10

Photo courtesy of Blue J Iris Used with permission.
Location: Garland, TX
Date: 2018-04-10

Date: 2011-05-20

Date: 2011-05-21

Date: 2011-05-24

Photo courtesy of Stout Gardens
Location: Missouri
Date: 2011-05-12

Photo courtesy of Comanche Acres Iris Garden
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