Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Paul Black
Year Of Registration: 2011
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2011
Seedling Number: P54D
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 36 inches (91 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Mid Late
Late
Very Late
Flower Form: Bubble Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Orchid
Violet
Flower Patterns: Dark Top
Bloom Color Description: Medium red purple center standards blending to wide chalky lilac band edged medium red purple, crystalline wire rim; opaque medium lilac falls washed center blending to chalky lilac blue, paler toward margins, medium lilac rim
Beard Color: Greyed tangerine in throat, light violet base tipped greyed tangerine in middle, light violet at end
Style Arm Color: Chalky medium violet blue, crests rimmed dark violet
Fragrance: Slight
Musky

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: Magical Moment X Crash Course

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Common names
  • Iris
  • Tall Bearded Iris

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Date: 2018-05-04
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Location: Mid-America Gardens, Salem, Oregon
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Location: Iowa
Date: 2012-05-07

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