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Hybridizer: Thomas Johnson
Year Of Registration: 2012
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2012
Seedling Number: TB127B
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 35 inches (89 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Flower Form: Bubble Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Purple
White
Flower Patterns: Amoena
Bloom Color Description: White standards, light violet wash up midrib; plush violet falls, wide white band, white spray on either side of beards
Beard Color: Tangerine
Style Arm Color: White
Fragrance: Slight
Awards: Honorable Mention: 2014
Award of Merit: 2016
John C. Wister Medal: 2019
Dykes Memorial Medal: 2021

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: By Jeeves X Blyth O77-A: (Hold My Hand x Brave Face)
Child plants: 13 child plants

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Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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Location: Russia, Krasnodarskij Kraj
Date: 2019-05-14
Photo by bramedog
Location: WRP OKC
Date: May 2015
Daring Deception
Location: Wonthaggi/North , Victoria, Australia
Date: 2022-10-27

Date: 2018-05-19
Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Date: 2017-10-19

Date: 2020-05-15
Photo by tveguy3
Location: Russia, Krasnodarskij Kraj
Date: 2017-05-15
Location: Mid America Gardens
Date: 2012-06-02

Date: 2018-05-19
Location: Mid-America Garden in Salem, OR
Date: May 29, 2009
Identified by its seedling number when introduced
Location: Russia, Krasnodarskij Kraj
Date: 2018-05-17
Location: Photo by Carol Bacskai; zone 5b, Yorkville, IL
Date: 2021-05-24
Location: Cisco, Tx 
Date: 2021-04-14
Location: Santa Clara, CA
Date: 2017-04-15
Photo by tveguy3
Location: Mid-America Gardens, Salem, Oregon
Date: 2016-05-05
Location: Wonthaggi/North , Victoria, Australia
Date: 2022-10-30

Date: 2019-10-29
Photo by tveguy3
Location: Cisco, Tx 
Date: 2021-04-18
Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Date: 2017-10-19
Location: Mt. Pleasant Iris in WA
Date: 2015-05-13
Location: Philo, California
Date: 2017-05-13
Location: Michigan-my garden
Date: June 2020
Location: Russia, Krasnodarskij Kraj
Date: 2018-05-18
Location: Philo, California
Date: 2017-04-09
Location: Mid America Gardens
Date: 2012-06-04
Location: My garden, Pequea, Pennsylvania USA
Date: 2018-05-22
Location: Philo, California
Date: 2017-05-13
Photo by Paul2032
Location: Willamette Valley, Oregon 
Date: 2015-05-05
Location: Whitesboro, TX
Image courtesy of The Shady Spot Iris. All rights reserved.
Location: Whitesboro, TX
Date: 2018-05-15
Image courtesy of The Shady Spot Iris. All rights reserved.
Photo by MaryDurtschi

Date: 2013-05-27
Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Date: 2017-10-17
Location: Philo, California
Date: 2017-04-09
Location: my garden 
Date: 2018-03-26
Location: Mid America Gardens
Date: 2012-06-04

Photo courtesy of Stout Gardens
Location: Mid-America Gardens
Date: 2015-05-14
Location: My garden
Date: 2020-06-12
Location: My garden, Pequea, Pennsylvania USA
Date: 2018-05-23
Photo by Paul2032
Location: Whitesboro, TX
Date: 2017-05-25
Image courtesy of The Shady Spot Iris. All rights reserved.
Location: Northern Germany
Date: 2023-06-04
Location: my garden 
Date: 2018-03-26

Date: 2014-06-02
Location: Keith Keppel's Garden
Date: 2015-05-13
Photo by Paul2032
Photo by Paul2032
Location: Mid America Gardens
Date: 2012-06-04

Date: 2014-06-02

Date: 2014-06-02
Photo by MaryDurtschi
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