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Hybridizer: Roger Duncan
Year Of Registration: 2000
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2001
Seedling Number: 3-W-26-3
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 32 inches (81 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Flower Form: Ruffled
Laced
Bloom Color Classification: Black
Flower Patterns: Bitone
Bloom Color Description: Deep purple black, darker sheen on falls and small white spray pattern near beards
Beard Color: Blue violet, dark burnt orange in throat
Style Arm Color: Blue violet
Fragrance: Sweet
Awards: Honorable Mention: 2003
Award of Merit: 2005
John C. Wister Medal: 2008

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: Dusky Challenger X 1-M-37-24: (Spin-Off x Street Walker)
Child plants: 9 child plants

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Common names
  • Iris
  • Tall Bearded Iris

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Location: My garden, Ukraine, Zaporizhzhya region Zone: 6a 
Date: 2021-05-27
Location: My Gardens
Date: June 1, 2013
Nice Dark Iris From Superstition
Location: Home garden
Date: 2018-05-01
Location: My garden in southeast Nebraska
Date: 2010-05-19
Location: Garland, TX
Date: 2018-04-27
Location: Garland, TX
Date: 2018-04-25
Location: My Gardens
Date: June 6, 2013
Nice Dark Iris From Superstition

Date: 2021-05-19

Date: 2023-05-26
Location: My Caffeinated Garden
Date: 2019-04-28
Location: My garden 
Date: 2018-05-09
Location: Las Cruces, NM
Date: 2022-05-05
TB Iris Hollywood Nights
Location: My garden
Location: My garden
Location: Michigan-my garden
Date: 2022-06-06
Location: Mexico, Missouri 
Date: 2022-05-19
Location: Daisydo's garden
Date: 2020-05-25
Hollywood Nights
Location: north central Texas
Date: 2003-04-20
Location: My Gardens
Date: May 30, 2008
Dark Rich Color: Nice!
Location: My garden in southeast Nebraska
Date: 2011-05-28

Date: 2012-06-02
Location: Cisco, Tx 
Date: 2020-05-05
Location: Northern Germany
Date: 2022-06-08
Location: Garland, TX
Date: 2018-04-25
Location: Garland, TX
Date: 2018-04-25
Location: My garden in southeast Nebraska
Date: 2011-05-27
Location: Northern Germany
Date: 2014-05-26
Location: Iowa
Date: 2012-05-11

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Location: Powell Gardens near Kansas City, MO
Date: 2009-05-18
Location: Catheys Valley California
Photo courtesy of Superstition Iris Gardens, posted with permissi
Location: My garden in southeast Nebraska
Date: 2012-05-02
Location: Northern Germany
Date: 4000-02-03
Location: Northern Germany
Date: 2015-06-08
Location: My garden in southeast Nebraska
Date: 2011-05-27
Location: Whitesboro, TX
Date: 2017-06-08
Image courtesy of The Shady Spot Iris. All rights reserved.
Location: My garden in southeast Nebraska
Date: 2012-05-02
Location: Schreiners Gardens
Date: 2012-06-04
Location: Northern Germany
Date: 2002-11-01
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