Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Paul Black
Year Of Registration: 2008
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2008
Seedling Number: M143AA
Classification: Intermediate Bearded (IB)
Registered Height: 25 inches (64 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid Late
Flower Form: Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Orchid
Copper/Brown
Flower Patterns: Bicolor
Bloom Color Description: Light slate violet standards, muted brassy gold midrib, brassy gold texture veins radiating upward; medium red brown falls, darker texture veins, light butter yellow veins over hafts, 1/8" grey white band, white dart at end of beard
Beard Color: White, tipped bright yellow
Style Arm Color: Slate violet, crests edged brassy gold, lower crests veined brassy gold
Fragrance: Pronounced
Spicy
Awards: Honorable Mention: 2010
Award of Merit: 2012
Hans and Jacob Sass Medal: 2015
Ben R. Hager Cup: 2012

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
Fragrant
Underground structures: Rhizome
Propagation: Seeds: Will not come true from seed
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Ploidy: Unbalanced Tetraploid
Parentage: T. Johnson Q38D: (Sunshine Song x Goldkist) X Devoted

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Common names
  • Iris
  • Intermediate Bearded Iris

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Location: My garden, Sweden
Date: 2018
Location: My garden, Sweden
Date: 2018
Location: Menton, France
Date: 2017-04-20
Location: Photo by Carol Bacskai; zone 5b, Yorkville, IL
Date: 2022-05-17
Location: Photo by Carol Bacskai; zone 5b, Yorkville, IL
Date: 2021-05-06
Location: Maryland
Date: 2018-05-04
2018 bloom
Location: Michigan-my garden
Date: May 22, 2022
Location: Hanover PA
Date: 2017-05-02
Photo by bramedog
Photo by starwoman
Location: Garland (Dallas), TX
Date: 2016-04-03
Location: Garland (Dallas), TX
Date: 2016-04-03
Location: Seymour, TN
Date: 2024-04-11

Date: 2011-05-27
Location: zone 7
Date: 2019-05-22
Location: S side of house near foundation
Date: 2021-04-28
Location: From my collection. Poland.
Location: My Garden in Janesville, WI
Date: 2015-05-20
Location: Maryland
Date: 2020-04-25
Location: springfield MO
Date: 2019-04-26
Location: Menton, France
Date: 2017-04-21
Location: West Valley City, UT
Newly open.
Photo by Paul2032
Location: Garland (Dallas), TX
Date: 2016-04-03
Location: Yorkville, IL
Date: 2020-05-26
Location: Mid-America Gardens near Salem, OR
Date: 2011-05-20
Location: In my garden, Lansing, IA
Date: 2023-05-19

Date: 2015-04-17
Location: Copenhagen, Denmark, EU
Date: 2017-06-05
Overcast
Location: In my garden, Lansing, IA
Date: 2023-05-19
Location: South exposure - Sun in the W - new bloom
Date: 2021-05-06
Location: Mid-America Gardens near Salem, OR
Date: 2011-05-20
Location: springfield MO
Date: 2019-04-26
Location: Garland (Dallas), TX
Date: 2016-04-02
Location: From my garden. Poland.
Location: West Valley City, UT
Location: Copenhagen, Denmark, EU
Date: 2017-06-05
Photo taken in morning shade
Location: Pleasant Grove, Utah
Date: 2011-05-25
Location: Pleasant Grove, Utah
Date: 2011-05-25
Location: Work area.
Date: 2018-09-13
Photo by Paul2032
Location: In my garden, Lansing, IA
Date: 2023-05-19
Location: Glen Rock PA
Location: zone 7
Date: 2019-05-22
Location: Yorkville, IL
Date: 2020-05-26
Location: Mid-America Gardens near Salem, OR
Date: 2011-05-20
Location: My Garden in Janesville, WI
Date: 2015-05-20

Photo courtesy of Stout Gardens
Photo by Paul2032
Photo by Paul2032
Location: zone 7
Date: 2019-05-22
Location: Whitesboro, TX
Date: 2017-05-24
Image courtesy of The Shady Spot Iris. All rights reserved.

Photo courtesy of Mid-America Garden

Date: 2013-05-14
Location: From my garden. Poland.
Location: From my garden. Poland.

Photo courtesy of Stout Gardens
Photo by Paul2032
Location: Lundby, Denmark, EU
Date: 2020-05-25
Full sun
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