Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Donald Spoon
Year Of Registration: 1995
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1997
Seedling Number: 90-3C
Classification: Border Bearded (BB)
Registered Height: 27 inches (69 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid Late
Bloom Color Classification: Black
Flower Patterns: Bitone
Bloom Color Description: Purple black, slightly darker falls
Beard Color: Purple black
Style Arm Color: Purple black

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 8b
Flowers: Showy
Underground structures: Rhizome
Propagation: Seeds: Will not come true from seed
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Ploidy: Tetraploid
Parentage: Baby Blessed X Little Blackfoot

Image
Common names
  • Border Bearded Iris
  • Iris

Photo Gallery
Location: Garland, TX
Date: 2019-04-16
Location: Garland, TX
Date: 2019-04-15
Location: Garland, TX
Date: 2019-04-16
Location: Garland, TX
Date: 2019-04-16
Location: Garland, TX
Date: 2019-04-17
Buds-Buds-Buds!!! :-)

Photo courtesy of Blue J Iris Used with permission.

Photo courtesy of Blue J Iris Used with permission.

Date: 2007-06-04
Image courtesy of Blue J Iris

Photo courtesy of Williamson Farm Flowers

« Add a new plant to the database

» Search the Irises Database: by characteristics or by cultivar name

« See the general plant entry for Irises (Iris)

« Visit the Irises forum

« The Irises Database Front Page

« The Plants Database Front Page

Today's site banner is by RootedInDirt and is called "Angel Trumpet"

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.