Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Vincent Christopherson
Year Of Registration: 2003
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2003
Seedling Number: P4-197SH
Classification: Border Bearded (BB)
Registered Height: 25 inches (64 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Rebloom
Flower Form: Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Wine
Flower Patterns: Bitone
Bloom Color Description: Wine red standards; darker velvety wine red falls, lighter wine red rim
Beard Color: Mustard, short upturned white horn
Space Age Beard Appendages: Horns
Style Arm Color: Wine red

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 8b
Flowers: Showy
Underground structures: Rhizome
Propagation: Seeds: Will not come true from seed
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Ploidy: Tetraploid
Parentage: Rock Star X FP2: (Sky Hooks x Momentum)
Child plants: one child plant

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  • Border Bearded Iris

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Date: 2015-04-11
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Date: 2018-05-29
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Date: 2021-06-03
Color changes with temperature changes

Date: 2014-04-14
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Date: 2014-04-12
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Date: 2014-04-12
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Date: 2005-08-06
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Location: Whitesboro, TX
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Photo courtesy of Blue J Iris Used with permission.
Location: Mackinaw, IL
Date: 2011-10-15
Iris 'Autumn Wine' rhizome.  Photographed with watch to show scal
Location: East Facing Garden, NE TX
Date: 2012-03-27
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Date: 2014-04-04
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Date: 2014-04-04
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