Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Schreiner
Year Of Registration: 1980
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1980
Seedling Number: K 315-B
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 40 inches (102 cm)
Bloom Season: Early Mid
Flower Form: Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Magenta
Flower Patterns: Self
Bloom Color Description: Tyrian purple
Beard Color: Blue purple
Foliage: Purple Based
Awards: Honorable Mention: 1982
Award of Merit: 1986

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
Ploidy: Tetraploid
Parentage: Navy Strut X Study in Black
Child plants: 42 child plants

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Common names
  • Iris
  • Tall Bearded Iris

Photo Gallery
Location: Santa Cruz Mountains, California
Date: 2018-04-30
Master Touch (Schreiner 1980)
Location: My Gardens
Date: May 22, 2009
An Older Photo From 2009
Location: Panama Illinois
Date: 2021-05-16

Master Touch, TB

Master Touch, TB
Location: Shoreacres, BC
Date: 2007-06-06
 3:17 pm. Always a beauty - one of my first and favourite.

Photo courtesy of Blue J Iris. Used with permission.

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