Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Joseph Ghio
Year Of Registration: 2007
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2008
Seedling Number: 03-33J3
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 37 inches (94 cm)
Bloom Season: Early Mid
Flower Form: Bubble Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Pink
Flower Patterns: Reverse Bitone
Bloom Color Description: Peach pink standards; creamy pink falls, deeper peach shoulders
Beard Color: Light coral
Awards: Honorable Mention: 2010
Award of Merit: 2012
John C. Wister Medal: 2014

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: 01-304: (99-20-F2: (97-27G3: (95-30: (90-69W3: (Rogue x Quito) x Island Dancer) x Faberge) x 97-9-D4: (95-14J: (Cordoba x 92-72P3: (Enhancement x 88-193C: (Peach Bisque x Bogota))) x 94-61N: (92-73F3, Lanai sibling, x 92-139, Manna pollen parent))) x For the Soul) X 01-169: (Treasured x 99-149W: (Tropical Magic x 97-24A3, Natural Blond sibling))
Child plants: 81 child plants

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Common names
  • Iris
  • Tall Bearded Iris

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Location: Home garden
Date: 2018-04-29
Location: Los Altos, CA
Date: 2018-05-04
Clump of 'Magical'
Location: My garden in southeast Nebraska
Date: 2011-05-27
Location: My garden, Ukraine, Zaporizhzhya region Zone: 6a 
Date: 2022-05-25

Date: 2016-05-13
Location: Russia, Krasnodarskij Kraj
Date: 2018-05-16
Photo by Serjio
Location: Russia, Krasnodarskij Kraj
Date: 2018-05-15
Location: My Garden in Janesville, WI
Date: 2014-06-06
Location: Garland, TX
Date: 2017-04-04
Location: My garden,  Zaporizhzhya region Zone: 6a 
Date: 2023-05-22
Location: Michigan-my garden
Date: June 12, 2017

Date: 2018-05-19
Location: My garden, Watkins Glen, NY
Date: May 2022
Location: Michigan-my garden
Date: June 10, 2017
Location: Russia, Krasnodarskij Kraj
Date: 2018-05-18
Location: My garden in southeast Nebraska
Date: 2014-05-21

Date: 2018-05-13
Photo by Dachsylady86
Location: Home garden
Date: 2020-04-29
Magical at sunset
Location: Superstition Iris  Gardens - Cathey's Valley, CA
Date: April 18, 2015
Location: Van Buren, MO
Date: 2018-05-09
Location: Van Buren, MO
Date: 2018-05-09
Location: My Garden in Janesville, WI
Date: 2014-06-06

Date: 2014-05-21
Location: Concord, MA
Date: 2017-06-11

Date: 2020-05-20
Location: Schreiners Gardens
Date: 2012-06-04
Location: Indiana
Date: May 2013
Tall bearded iris 'Magical'
Location: My garden in southeast Nebraska
Date: 2013-05-31
Location: My garden in southeast Nebraska
Date: 2014-05-25

Date: 2014-04-23
Location: My garden in southeast Nebraska
Date: 2011-05-30
Location: My garden in southeast Nebraska
Date: 2011-06-01
Location: My garden in southeast Nebraska
Date: 2011-05-26
Photo by Betja
Photo by Betja
Photo by Betja
Location: Catheys Valley CA
Photo courtesy of Superstition Iris Gardens, posted with permissi
Location: South Facing gardens NE TX
Date: 2012-04-13
Location: Cisco, Tx 
Date: 2021-04-27
Location: My Garden in Janesville, WI
Date: 2014-06-06
Location: Russia, Krasnodarskij Kraj
Date: 2020-05-19
Location: My garden in southeast Nebraska
Date: 2012-05-03
Photo by Muddymitts
Location: My garden in southeast Nebraska
Date: 2013-05-25
Location: My garden in southeast Nebraska
Date: 2011-05-31
Location: My garden in southeast Nebraska
Date: 2011-05-26
Location: My garden in southeast Nebraska
Date: 2010-05-26
Location: Minnesota 
Date: 2023-06-05
Purchased from Iris Meisters 2022
Location: Garland, TX
Date: 2017-04-03
Location: My garden in southeast Nebraska
Date: 2011-05-27
Location: Western Kentucky
Date: April 2012
Location: My garden in southeast Nebraska
Date: 2012-05-03
Location: Mackinaw, IL
Date: 2011-10-15
Iris 'Magical' rhizome.  Shown with watch for scale.
Location: Schreiners Gardens
Date: 2012-06-04
Location: My garden in southeast Nebraska
Date: 2013-05-31
Location: At Napa Iris Gardens
Date: 2014-04-26
Location: At Napa Iris Gardens
Date: 2014-04-26
Location: My garden in southeast Nebraska
Date: 2014-05-25
Location: -Tasmania 2014
Date: 2017-10-29

Photo courtesy of Comanche Acres Iris Garden
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Photo by Betja
Location: Mackinaw, IL
Date: 2012-05-07
First bloom on this iris
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