Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Paul Black
Year Of Registration: 2018
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2018
Seedling Number: W129B
Classification: Border Bearded (BB)
Registered Height: 26 inches (66 cm)
Bloom Season: Early
Early Mid
Mid
Flower Form: Bubble Ruffled
Laced
Bloom Color Classification: Tan
Silver/Grey
Violet
Flower Patterns: Blend
Bloom Color Description: Pale tan grey standards, infused slate violet rib, light tan gold edge; mid wine triangular hafts blending to mid violet washed over grey white falls becoming 3/4" blended grey white margin, light tan gold rim, grey brown streak from beards half way down
Beard Color: Rich grey brown
Style Arm Color: Pale tan grey, slate violet ridge, crest edged gold tan
Fragrance: Pronounced
Spicy
Awards: Honorable Mention: 2021
Award of Merit: 2023

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: Tetraploid
Parentage: Lost World X U69, mid blue: (Ink Patterns x Alberta Clipper)

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Common names
  • Border Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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Date: 2019-05-27
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Date: 2019-05-28
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Date: 2019-05-11
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Date: 2019-05-17

Date: 2017-06-13
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Location: My garden in southeast Nebraska
Date: 2019-05-17
Location: Front center garden, Zone 6b
Date: June 2020

Date: 2017-06-13
Location: East facing garden zone 6b
Date: May 2023
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Location: Garland, TX
Date: 2021-04-13
Location: Las Cruces, NM
Date: 2023-05-19
BB Iris Kiss the Frog
Location: East facing garden zone 6b
Date: May 2024
Three year clump. Great form, color, increasing, and hardiness. L
Location: Garland, TX
Date: 2021-04-13
Location: Front center garden, Zone 6b
Date: June 2020

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