Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Schreiner
Year Of Registration: 2003
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2003
Seedling Number: GG 262-A
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 38 inches (97 cm)
Bloom Season: Early
Early Mid
Mid
Mid Late
Late
Flower Form: Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Purple
Flower Patterns: Bitone
Bloom Color Description: Violet purple standards; dark purple falls
Beard Color: Violet purple
Style Arm Color: Dark purple
Awards: Honorable Mention: 2005
Award of Merit: 2007

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: CC 279-2: (Y 682-2: (T 453-B: (R 708-C: (Lorilee x Lady X) x R 208-A: ((Sailor's Dance x F 142-1) x (I 144-G x (A 587-1: ((L 474-2 x Prince Indigo) x (Licorice Stick x N 364-1)) x D 4-A: ((S 640-1 x Blue Chiffon) x (Blue Chiffon x P 1033-1)))))) x T 449-A: ((Master Touch x ((((Alpenrose x Anthem) x (Amethyst Flame x Melodrama)) x ((Alpenrose x Brigadoon) x (Amethyst Flame x Melodrama))) x Rondo)) x (J 411-B, Sailor's Dance sdlg., x ((G 1517-B x Neptune's Pool) x (A 587-1: ((L 474-2 x Prince Indigo) x (Licorice Stick x N 364-1)) x D 4-A: ((S 640-1 x Blue Chiffon) x (Blue Chiffon x P 1033-1))))))) x Black Tornado) X Hello Darkness
Child plants: 11 child plants

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Common names
  • Iris
  • Tall Bearded Iris

Photo Gallery

Date: 2019-05-14

Date: 2019-05-17
Uploaded by avmoran
Location: Photo by Carol Bacskai; zone 5b, Yorkville, IL
Date: 2023-05-26
Location: Northern Germany
Date: 2022-06-05
Location: Delsbo
Date: 2019-06-16
Location: Photo by Carol Bacskai; zone 5b, Yorkville, IL
Date: 2017-05-25
Location: Lancaster PA
Location: Durham, NC
Date: May, 2015
Bud and bloom
Location: Photo by Carol Bacskai; zone 5b, Yorkville, IL
Date: 2023-05-25
Location: Photo by Carol Bacskai; zone 5b, Yorkville, IL
Date: 2017-05-25
Location: Cawston, BC
Date: 2022-10-26
From Hillside Irises

Date: 2018-05-17
Location: Durham, NC
Date: May, 2014
Location: southeast Ohio
Date: 2016-05-07
Uploaded by avmoran
Location: Northern Germany
Date: 2002-11-04
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Location: Northern Germany
Date: 2017-05-30
Location: Nocona,Texas zn.7 My gardens
Location: Willamette Valley Oregon
Date: 2014-05-13
Location: Northern Germany
Date: 4000-02-03
Location: Schreiner's Iris Gardens, Salem, OR
Date: 2015-05-18
Uploaded by Betja
Location: Northern Germany
Date: 2014-05-26
Location: Cisco, Tx
Location: Nocona,Texas zn.7 My gardens
Date: 2018-04-19
It's difficult to capture the depth of this one's color!
Location: Schreiner's Gardens near Salem, OR
Date: 2015-05-14
Location: Northern Germany
Date: 2002-11-02
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Photo courtesy of Williamson Farm Flowers
Uploaded by Betja

Photo courtesy of Pleasants Valley Iris Farm
  • Uploaded by Joy
Location: Durham, NC
Date: May, 2014
Love the velvet sheen in the sunlight.
Location: Schreiner's Garden
Date: 2017-05-22
flower show
Location: Panama Illinois
Date: 2021-05-22
Location: Durham, NC
Date: May, 2014
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