Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Thomas Johnson
Year Of Registration: 2003
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2004
Seedling Number: T134D
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 38 inches (97 cm)
Bloom Season: Early Mid
Flower Form: Bubble Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Cream
Purple
White
Flower Patterns: Plicata
Bloom Color Description: Dark purple black standards, center white with near-overall dark purple black sanding; white falls to cream, dark plum plicata haft, red violet sanded veins beside beard, 1/2" dark charcoal purple band, 1/2" sanded plicata veined inner band
Beard Color: Dark purple at end, burnt orange, to orange in throat
Style Arm Color: Dark purple, violet midrib, tan edge
Fragrance: Pronounced
Musky
Awards: Honorable Mention: 2006

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: Silk Brocade X Epicenter
Child plants: 18 child plants

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Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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Date: 2018-05-17
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