Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Paul Black
Year Of Registration: 2007
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2008
Seedling Number: M52C
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 33 inches (84 cm)
Bloom Season: Early Mid
Flower Form: Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Orchid
Violet
Flower Patterns: Blend
Bloom Color Description: Dark slate purple standards blending to wide diffuse mauve tan band at top narrowing toward base; blue lilac falls blending to metallic grey brass band, darker brass gold haft
Beard Color: Squash gold in throat, ochre gold in middle, violet tipped orange gold at end
Style Arm Color: Light brassy crests, violet midrib and beneath crests, gold edges
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: Cameo Appearance X Mythology
Child plants: 4 child plants

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Common names
  • Iris
  • Tall Bearded Iris

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Date: June 3, 2017
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Location: Oxfordshire, England
Date: 2017-05-27
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Date: 2012-05-05
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Date: 2013-06-20
Location: South Dakota
Date: 2013-06-20

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