Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: John Painter
Year Of Registration: 2007
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2008
Seedling Number: J03-148A
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 36 inches (91 cm)
Bloom Season: Early
Early Mid
Mid
Mid Late
Late
Flower Form: Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Wine
Flower Patterns: Bitone
Bloom Color Description: Cardinal red standards, bronze red base and central area blending to cardinal edges; deep cardinal red falls, lower edge darker, side edges slightly lighter, gold center stripe
Beard Color: Bright gold
Style Arm Color: Bronze red
Awards: Honorable Mention: 2010

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
Underground structures: Rhizome
Propagation: Seeds: Will not come true from seed
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Ploidy: Tetraploid
Parentage: Crimson Twist X Golden Panther
Child plants: 5 child plants

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Common names
  • Iris
  • Tall Bearded Iris

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Date: 2020-05-21
Location: Home garden
Date: 2015-04-17

Date: 2019-05-19
Location: Lundby, Denmark, EU
Date: 2022-06-12
Evening sun
Location: Indiana
Date: 2013 spring
tall bearded iris ' Valentino'
Location: West Central Tx 
Date: 2022-04-27
Location: Southeast Indiana
Date: 2014-05-24
tall bearded iris 'Valentino'

Date: 2018-05-23
Location: My garden

Date: 2018-05-16
Location: My garden
Date: 2023-05-27
Location: At Napa Iris Gardens
Date: 2014-04-26
Location: Michigan-my garden
Date: Spring 2021
Location: My garden
Date: 2020-05-03
Location: My garden
Location: Clinton, Michigan 49236
Date: 2017-08-28

Date: 2014-04-23

Photo courtesy of Pleasants Valley Iris Farm
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Location: Catheys Valley CA
Photo courtesy of Superstition Iris Gardens, posted with permissi

Date: 2010-01-14
Photo courtesy of Napa Country Iris Garden
Location: At Napa Iris Gardens
Date: 2014-04-26
Location: Home garden
Date: 2015-04-15

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