Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Paul Black
Year Of Registration: 2003
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2004
Seedling Number: E18B
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 37 inches (94 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Flower Form: Ruffled
Laced
Bloom Color Classification: Orchid
Violet
Flower Patterns: Blend
Bloom Color Description: Dark rosy purple standards; medium rose purple falls blending to blue violet around beards, tan haft blended light plum
Beard Color: Dark orange red, large, usually with two rose purple horns, one fuzzy and one hairless
Space Age Beard Appendages: Horns
Style Arm Color: Medium rosy purple, sides peach
Fragrance: Slight
Spicy

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: 89U2, unknown, X To the Point
Child plants: one child plant

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Common names
  • Iris
  • Tall Bearded Iris

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Location: Iris garden - full sun
Date: 2016-0527
Love those horns!
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Location: Iris garden - full sun
Date: 2016-06-01
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Photo by iciris
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Location: Iris garden - full sun
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