Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Paul Cook
Year Of Registration: 1950
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1952
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 36 inches (91 cm)
Bloom Season: Early Mid
Bloom Color Classification: Purple
Flower Patterns: Bitone
Bloom Color Description: Black purple
Beard Color: Old gold bronze
Awards: Honorable Mention: 1952
Award of Merit: 1954
Dykes Memorial Medal: 1955

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
Underground structures: Rhizome
Propagation: Seeds: Will not come true from seed
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Parentage: (Captain Wells x Indiana Night) X ((Modoc x Black Wings) x Sable)
Child plants: 77 child plants

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Common names
  • Iris
  • Tall Bearded Iris

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Location: Durham, NC
Date: 2018-05-13
Full sun.
Location: Santa Cruz Mountains, California
Date: 2018-05-10
Location: Durham, NC
Date: 2017-04-29
In full sun.
Location: Sass Memorial Garden near Ashland, Nebraska
Date: 2012-05-04
Location: Michigan-my garden
Date: May 30, 2022
Location: Sass Memorial Garden near Ashland, NE
Date: 2012-05-04
Location: Catheys Valley CA
Photo courtesy of Superstition Iris Gardens, posted with permissi
Location: Sass Memorial Garden near Ashland, NE
Date: 2010-05-17
Location: Sass Memorial Garden near Ashland, Nebraska
Date: 2010-05-17

Image from 1957 Longfield Farm catalog

May 21, 2009

May 21, 2009
Location: Sass Memorial Iris Garden near Ashland, NE
Date: 2015-05-21

Photo courtesy of Bluebird Haven Iris Garden

Photo courtesy of Blue J Iris. Used with permission.
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Photo courtesy of Iris City Gardens

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