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Hybridizer: Schreiner
Year Of Registration: 1998
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1998
Seedling Number: CC 270-1
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 35 inches (89 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Flower Form: Tailored
Bloom Color Classification: Black
Flower Patterns: Self
Bloom Color Description: Ebony black
Beard Color: Black
Fragrance: Pronounced
Sweet
Awards: Honorable Mention: 2001

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: AA 327-B: (Back in Black x Midnight Dancer) X W 484-2: (T 329-A: (((((Broadway Star x Whole Cloth) x Blue Mountains) x (Toll Gate x After Dark)) x ((Dream Time x ((Alpenrose x Anthem) x Gracie Pfost)) x (Skywatch x (Amethyst Flame x Silvertone)))) x (Master Touch x ((((Alpenrose x Anthem) x (Amethyst Flame x Melodrama)) x ((Alpenrose x Brigadoon) x (Amethyst Flame x Melodrama))) x Rondo))) x T 435-C: (Swazi Princess x (((Night Song x A 588-A) x (Y 1608 x Matinata)) X Titan's Glory)))
Child plants: 32 child plants

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Common names
  • Iris
  • Tall Bearded Iris

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Photo by Australis
Location: Melbourne, Australia
Date: 2016-11-11
Photo by Australis
Photo by Australis
Location: Melbourne, Australia
Date: 2016-11-11
Location: Mt. Pleasant Iris in WA
Date: 2015-05-15
Location: Elk Grove, CA
Date: 4-27-2017
Photo by Misawa77
Location: Mt. Pleasant Iris in WA
Date: 2015-05-15
Photo by avmoran
Photo by Betja
Location: Northern Germany
Date: 2015-06-06
Location: Germany, Bavaria, my private garden
Date: 2014-05-27
Photo by Betja
Location: Botanical Garden of Moscow State University
Date: June
credit: Andrey Korzun

Photo courtesy of Blue J Iris. Used with permission.
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Photo by joyfulirises
Location: Northern Germany
Date: 2002-11-01
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