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Hybridizer: Paul Black
Year Of Registration: 1999
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1999
Seedling Number: B61A
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 34 inches (86 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Bloom Color Classification: Purple
Violet
Flower Patterns: Neglecta
Bloom Color Description: Palest violet white standards, darker violet lines around edge; dark purple black falls
Beard Color: Old gold
Style Arm Color: Palest violet white, darker violet lines at top
Fragrance: Pronounced
Sweet
Awards: Honorable Mention: 2001
Award of Merit: 2004

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: In Town X Oklahoma Crude
Child plants: 10 child plants

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  • Tall Bearded Iris

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Location: my garden in Dawsonville, GA (zone 7b north Geogia mountains)
Date: 2022-04-29
Location: Philo, California
Date: 2022-05-15
Location: -Tasmania 2014
Date: 2018-10-16
Location: South Carolina
Location: Little garden of Big Dreams, Dayton KY
Date: 2024-04-26
Location: Van Buren, MO
Date: 2018-05-04
Location: Long Island 
Date: 5/9/23
Habit is always my first to bloom, even though it’s listed as a
Location: Las Cruces, NM
Date: 2020-04-13
TB Iris Habit
Location: My garden in southeast Nebraska
Date: 2008-05-21
Location: Panama Illinois
Date: 2022-05-17
Location: Van Buren, MO
Date: 2018-05-04
Location: Iowa
Date: 2022-05-31
Location: Iowa
Date: 2022-05-31
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Location: Gwinnett County, GA
Location: Gwinnett County, GA
Location: Cawston, BC
Date: 2022-10-28
From Hillside Irises

Date: 2017-04-30
Location: Mt. Pleasant Iris Farm
Location: Nashville, TN
Date: 2020-04-25
Location: My garden in southeast Nebraska
Date: 2010-05-09

Date: 2021-05-20
Location: Whitesboro, TX
Image courtesy of The Shady Spot Iris. All rights reserved.
Location: Whitesboro, TX
Image courtesy of The Shady Spot Iris. All rights reserved.
Location: Washington Park Botanical Garden - Springfield, Il.
Date: 2016-03-26
Location: Kansas
Date: May 23, 2022
Location: Pfister Garden, Lincoln, Nebraska
Date: 2011-05-12
Location: Las Cruces, NM
Date: 2021-04-21
TB Iris Habit
Location: Gwinnett County, GA

Date: 2021-05-18
Location: my garden in Dawsonville, GA (zone 7b north Geogia mountains)
Date: 2022-05-01

Photo courtesy of Sutton's Iris Gardens
Location: New Zealand
Location: Pfister display garden in Lincoln, NE
Date: 2012-04-24
Location: My garden in southeast Nebraska
Date: 2009-05-17
Location: Australia
Date: 2021-10-21
Location: My garden in southeast Nebraska
Date: 2011-05-16

Photo Courtesy of Te Sligte Gardens. Used with Permission
  • Uploaded by Joy

Date: 2012-05-12
At a UIS show.....

Photo courtesy of Pleasants Valley Iris Farm
  • Uploaded by Joy
Location: Schreiners Garden, Brooks, OR
Date: 2012-05-12
Location: Knoxville, TN
Location: Knoxville, TN

Photo Courtesy of Daylilies by the Pond. Used with Permission.
  • Uploaded by Joy
Location: Australia
Date: 2022-11-05
Habit
Location: Australia
Date: 2021-10-18
Habit
Location: southern KY
Date: 4000-05-23

Photo courtesy of Blue J Iris Used with permission.

Photo courtesy of Blue J Iris Used with permission.
Location: Weiser, ID
Date: 2015 season
Location: My garden in southeast Nebraska
Date: 2010-05-06
Location: Gwinnett County, GA

Photo courtesy of Pleasants Valley Iris Farm
Location: Sangamon Co. Il.
Date: 2018-05-24
Washington Park
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