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Hybridizer: Michael Sutton
Year Of Registration: 2008
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2009
Seedling Number: Q-505-C
Classification: Intermediate Bearded (IB)
Registered Height: 20 inches (51 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid Late
Rebloom
Bloom Color Classification: Purple
White
Yellow
Flower Patterns: Plicata
Bloom Color Description: White and yellow standards washed plum purple; white falls veined and edged plum purple, yellow shoulders
Beard Color: White, bronze in throat
Style Arm Color: Plum
Fragrance: Slight
Spicy
Awards: Honorable Mention: 2011

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
Fragrant
Underground structures: Rhizome
Propagation: Seeds: Will not come true from seed
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Ploidy: Unbalanced Tetraploid
Parentage: Ruby Eruption X Momentous Occasion

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Common names
  • Intermediate Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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Location: My garden, Ukraine, Zaporizhzhya region Zone: 6a 
Date: 2022-05-09
Location: Garland, TX
Date: 2018-03-28
Location: My garden, Ukraine, Zaporizhzhya region Zone: 6a 
Date: 2022-05-09
Uploaded by Misawa77
Location: My garden, central NJ, Zone 7A
Date: 2017-10-08
Iris Fall Line
Location: Garland, TX
Date: 2018-03-28
Location: Philo, California
Date: 2018-04-24
Location: My property in Idaho
Date: Photo taken May 30, 2022
Uploaded by Dachsylady86
Location: Garland, TX
Date: 2018-03-28
Location: Philo, California
Date: 2019-04-13
Uploaded by Dachsylady86
Location: Garland, TX
Date: 2018-03-28
Uploaded by Misawa77
Location: Sussex, UK
Date: late May 2021
The yellow ground on the falls is a lovely contrast to the striki
Uploaded by Misawa77
Location: Philo, California
Date: 2018-04-16

Photo courtesy of Sutton's Iris Gardens
Location: Sussex, UK
Date: late May 2021
Location: Philo, California
Date: 2018-04-16
Location: Whitesboro, TX
Image courtesy of The Shady Spot Iris. All rights reserved.

Photo courtesy of Stout Gardens
Location: Sussex, UK
Date: late May 2021
A cool dry spring has resulted in late blooms this year in the UK

Photo courtesy of Iris City Gardens
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