Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Paul Black
Year Of Registration: 2010
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2010
Seedling Number: N36A
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 41 inches (104 cm)
Bloom Season: Early
Early Mid
Mid
Mid Late
Late
Flower Form: Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: White
Yellow
Bloom Color Description: White standards, narrow bright yellow bands; light medium yellow falls darkening toward edge and narrow muted gold band
Beard Color: Pale yellow base, tipped light tangerine
Style Arm Color: White, yellow crests
Fragrance: Slight
Musky
Awards: Honorable Mention: 2012
Award of Merit: 2014

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: Jersey Bounce X K142A: (Secret Admirer x Chiffon Ruffles)

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Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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Location: Menton, France
Date: 2018-05-13
in the rain

Date: 2018-05-16
Location: My garden, Ukraine, Zaporizhzhya region Zone: 6a 
Date: 2020-05-16
Location: my yard
Date: 2018

Date: 2019-05-19

Date: 2018-05-11

Date: 2020-05-09
Location: Ukraine
Date: 2015-05-25
OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA

Date: 2020-05-09

Date: 2017-05-21
Location: My garden, Ukraine, Zaporizhzhya region Zone: 6a 
Date: 2022-05-20

Date: 2017-05-26

Date: 2017-05-24

Date: 2018-05-15
Location: Schreiner's Gardens near Salem, OR
Date: 2015-05-14
Uploaded by TBMan
Location: My garden
Date: 2019-06-07
First year bloom.
Location: Washington 8b
Date: 2019-05-28
Location: Russia, Krasnodarskij Kraj
Date: 2021-05-20
Location: Hobart, Tasmania
Date: 2017-10-18
Location: Los Altos, CA
Date: 2017-04-30
Uploaded by MaryDurtschi

Date: 2014-04-24
Uploaded by Mikey
Location: Willamette Valley Oregon
Date: 2014-05-03
Location: Russia, Krasnodarskij Kraj
Date: 2021-05-21
Location: Long Island 
Date: 5/18/22

Date: 2019-05-07

Date: 2021-05-19
Location: Menton, France
Date: 2019-05-17

Date: 2014-04-24
Location: Mt. Pleasant Iris in WA
Date: 2015-05-13
Location: Washington
Date: 2016-05-30
Location: Cawston, BC
Date: 2022-10-26
From Hillside Irises
Location: My garden
Date: 2019-06-03
First year bloom. In bright sun.
Location: Photo by Carol Bacskai; zone 5b, Yorkville, IL
Date: 2023-05-24
Location: Willamette Valley Oregon
Date: 2014-05-03
Location: Mid-America Gardens, Salem, Oregon
Date: 2016-05-05
Location: My garden
Date: 2019-06-03
Location: My garden
Date: 2019-06-04
First year bloom. In bright sun.

Photo courtesy of Mid-America Garden

Photo courtesy of Stout Gardens

Photo courtesy of Blue J Iris. Used with permission.
  • Uploaded by Joy
Comments:
  • Posted by MrsMud (Long Island - Zone 7a) on May 22, 2022 5:06 PM concerning plant:
    I love the blooms of this one, but in just 2 years it is already taking over its neighbors and needs to be divided.
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