Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Manley Osborne
Year Of Registration: 1984
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1984
Seedling Number: O-23-4
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 34 inches (86 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Mid Late
Late
Bloom Color Classification: Purple
Bloom Color Description: Purple
Beard Color: Mustard, turning purple near feathered purple horns
Space Age Beard Appendages: Horns
Foliage: Purple Based
Fragrance: Slight
Sweet

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
Fragrant
Underground structures: Rhizome
Propagation: Seeds: Will not come true from seed
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Ploidy: Tetraploid
Parentage: Jack R. Dee X Sky Hooks
Child plants: 12 child plants

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Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

Photo Gallery
Location: San Diego, CA
Date: 2023-04-12
top view showing the style arms
Location: Milpitas, CA
Date: 2016-03-03
Location: San Diego, CA
Date: 2023-04-12
first bloom, more bluish purple in real life, this bloom had spoo
Location: Santa Cruz Mountains, California
Date: 2021-04-30
Trick or Treat (Osborne 1984)

Photo courtesy of Bluebird Haven Iris Garden
Location: Milpitas, CA
Date: 2016-03-03

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