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Hybridizer: Anna & David Cadd
Year Of Registration: 2003
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2003
Seedling Number: 146-93-3
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 41 inches (104 cm)
Bloom Season: Very Late
Bloom Color Classification: Copper/Brown
Magenta
Wine
Flower Patterns: Blend
Bloom Color Description: Reddish purple bronze
Beard Color: Purple, upper half bronze, extending as large horn, spoon or flounce
Space Age Beard Appendages: Horns
Spoons
Flounces
Fragrance: Pronounced
Sweet
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
Fragrant
Underground structures: Rhizome
Propagation: Seeds: Will not come true from seed
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Ploidy: Tetraploid
Parentage: Thriller X Triple Whammy
Child plants: one child plant

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Common names
  • Iris
  • Tall Bearded Iris

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Location: My garden
Date: 2020-06-07

Purple People Eater
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Date: 2020-06-07
In late afternoon sun.
Location: My garden, Somerset, CA
Date: 2020-06-09
A late bloomer.
Location: My garden
Date: 2019-06-11
June 11, 2019
Location: My garden
Date: 2019-06-19
Very late bloom.
Location: My garden, Somerset, CA
Date: 2020-06-14
A late bloomer.
Location: My garden,  Willow Valley Communities Lakes Campus, Willow Street, Pennsylvania USA
Date: 2020-05-30
Location: My garden, Willow Valley Communities, Willow Street, Pennsylvania
Date: 2021-05-27
Location: My garden, Willow Valley Communities Lakes Campus, Willow Street, Pennsylvania USA
Date: 2020-05-30
Location: My garden
Date: 2019-06-11
Location: My garden, Willow Valley Communities, Lakes Campus, Willow Street, Pennsylvania
Date: 2022-05-29
Location: My garden
Date: 2019-06-11
First year bloom.
Location: My garden
Date: 2019-06-11
First bloom June 11, 2019

Purple People Eater
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Location: My garden
Date: 2019-06-11
Location: My garden
Date: 2019-06-11
Uploaded by avmoran
Location: My garden, Willow Valley Communities, Lakes Campus, Willow Street, Pennsylvania
Date: 2022-05-29
Location: Catheys Valley CA
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Location: My garden, Willow Valley Communities Lakes Campus, Willow Street, Pennsylvania USA
Date: 2020-05-28
First bloom of 2020
Location: Michigan-my garden
Date: 2023-06-15
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csandt On July 25, 2018 Obtained plant
gardenglassgems On August 20, 2022 Transplanted
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