Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Barry Blyth
Year Of Registration: 2007
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2007
Seedling Number: M16-1
Classification: Border Bearded (BB)
Registered Height: 25 inches (63 cm)
Bloom Season: Very Late
Flower Form: Bubble Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Copper/Brown
Rose
Flower Patterns: Blend
Bloom Color Description: Bronze rose standards blended to slate brown; bronze rose falls, lilac blaze
Beard Color: Burnt orange
Fragrance: Pronounced
Sweet

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: Tetraploid
Parentage: Low Profile X K65-1: (Mighty Cool x Stop Flirting)
Child plants: 9 child plants

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Common names
  • Border Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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Location: Durham, NC
Date: 2016-05-24
Less brown in shade.
Location: My garden in southeast Nebraska
Date: 2019-06-02
Location: Las Cruces, NM
Date: 2018-05-11
TB Iris Thundery
Location: Mid America Gardens
Date: 2012-06-03
Location: Menton, France
Date: 2019-05-27
Location: Menton, France
Date: 2019-05-18
Location: Las Cruces, NM
Date: 2022-05-11
BB Iris Thundery
Location: Home garden
Date: 2018-05-18
Location: Durham, NC
Date: 2016-05-24
Location: South Carolina
Date: 2018-05-13
Location: Washington
Date: 2016-05-16
Location: Russia, Rostov Region. Natalia Ternovaya 's Garden

Photo courtesy of Iris Sisters Farm, used with permission
Location: Mid America Gardens
Date: 2012-06-04
Location: Willamette Valley Oregon
Date: 2014-05-24
Location: Willamette Valley Oregon
Date: 2014-05-24

Date: 2019-11-16

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