Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Harold Stahly
Year Of Registration: 1994
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1994
Seedling Number: 88-28
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 34 inches (85 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Flower Patterns: Plicata
Bloom Color Description: Deep purple black standards, lighter area around midribs; deep purple black falls, white wash beginning at beards and blending to solid purple black rim, hafts touched deep brown
Beard Color: Deep brown violet
Foliage: Purple Based
Awards: Honorable Mention: 1996
Award of Merit: 1998

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: Wagontrail Night X Night Lady
Child plants: 11 child plants

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