Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Paul Cook
Year Of Registration: 1936
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1938
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 37 inches
Bloom Season: Mid
Bloom Color Classification: Purple
Flower Patterns: Bitone
Foliage: Purple Based
Awards: Honorable Mention: 1937
Award of Merit: 1940

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: (((Innocenza x Blue Boy) x Cinnabar) x Cinnabar) X ((Innocenza xBlue Boy) x Cinnabar) x (Seminole x Cinnabar))
Child plants: 112 child plants

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  • Tall Bearded Iris
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Location: Santa Cruz Mountains, California
Date: 2021-04-27
Location: RHS Hyde Hall, Essex, UK. 
Date: 2023-05-20
Location: RHS Hyde Hall, Essex, UK. 
Date: 2023-05-20
Uploaded by urania1
Uploaded by Lbsmitty
Location: Sussex, UK
Date: Early June 2021
love the velvety texture of the falls on Sable
Location: Sussex, UK
Date: Early June 2021
love the velvety texture of the falls on Sable
Location: Michigan-my garden
Date: May 28, 2017

Date: c. 1948
illustration from the 1948 catalog, Cooley's Gardens, Silverton,
Location: Michigan-my garden
Date: 2018-05-30

Date: c. 1953
photo from the 1953 catalog, Milliken Gardens, Arcadia, Californi
Location: My Garden, Ontario, Canada
Date: 2016-06-08
Location: My Garden, Ontario, Canada
Date: 2016-06-08
Location: Southeast Nebraska
Date: 2014-05-24
Location: Botanical Garden of Moscow State University
Date: June
credit: Andrey Korzun
Location: Paris, France
Date: 2016-05-17

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