Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Barbara Nicodemus
Year Of Registration: 2011
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2012
Seedling Number: J24A
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 34 inches (86 cm)
Bloom Season: Early Mid
Mid
Mid Late
Late
Flower Form: Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Purple
Flower Patterns: Bitone
Bloom Color Description: Purple standards; very deep, intense black purple falls, few purple striations around beards lightening deep in throat
Beard Color: Charcoal, hairs purple base, tipped pale yellow blending to tangerine deep in throat
Style Arm Color: Purple, charcoal black edge

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: Ghost Train X Starring

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Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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Date: 2015-04-24
Location: Mid-America Gardens, Salem, Oregon
Date: 2016-05-05
Location: Catheys Valley CA
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Date: 2014-04-25
Location: At Napa Iris Gardens
Date: 2014-04-26

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