Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Monty Byers by Phyllis Dickey
Year Of Registration: 1992
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1992
Seedling Number: F54-1
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 36 inches (91 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid Late
Flower Form: Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Violet
Flower Patterns: Neglecta
Bloom Color Description: Pale violet standards; violet falls
Beard Color: White, tipped bright red, violet horn
Space Age Beard Appendages: Horns

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: Vanity X ((Sky Hooks x Condottiere) x Conjuration)
Child plants: 10 child plants

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Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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Location: Nocona,Texas zn.7 My gardens
Date: April 26,2021
1st yr to bloom, planted 2020

Date: 2014-06-02
Location: Iowa
Date: 2013-05-31
Location: Iowa
Date: 2013-06-05

Photo courtesy of Rainbow Iris Farm
Location: Northern Germany
Date: 2002-11-01
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