Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Tom Burseen
Year Of Registration: 2003
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2004
Seedling Number: 97-569B
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 35 inches (89 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid Late
Bloom Color Classification: Purple
Bloom Color Description: Dark purple standards; dark plum purple, hafts striated white
Beard Color: Dark bronze purple
Style Arm Color: Dark purple, large white spoon edged purple at tip
Fragrance: Slight

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: Grand Style X It Ain't So
Child plants: 22 child plants

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Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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Location: Elk Grove, CA
Date: 4/13/17
Location: Loomis, CA
Date: 2023-05-06
Location: Frannie's Iris Garden, Elk Grove, CA
Date: 2013-05-08
Location: Durham, NC
Date: 2020-05-07
Location: Elk Grove, CA
Date: 4 2016
Location: Detroit Zoo Iris Garden 2013
Date: 2013-05-30
Photo courtesy of: Maia C

Date: 2012-05-02
Photo courtesy of Napa Country Iris Garden

Photo courtesy of Comanche Acres Iris Garden
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Photo courtesy of Blue J Iris Used with permission.
Location: At Napa Iris Gardens
Date: 2014-04-26

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