Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Barry Blyth
Year Of Registration: 2011
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2012
Seedling Number: Q102-2
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 37 inches (94 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Flower Form: Bubble Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Purple
Flower Patterns: Bitone
Bloom Color Description: Iridescent purple black
Beard Color: Rich purple bronze
Fragrance: Slight
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 9b
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Underground structures: Rhizome
Propagation: Seeds: Will not come true from seed
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Ploidy: Tetraploid
Parentage: Ginger Ice X N228-2: (Swingtown x Decadence)
Child plants: 4 child plants

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Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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Location: My garden
Date: 2019-06-03
Location: My garden
Date: 2019-06-06
First year bloom.
Location: My garden
Date: 2019-06-06
Location: My garden
Date: 2019-06-03
First year bloom.
Location: Beaumont Ridge Iris Gardens
Date: May 10, 2018
Location: Keith Keppel's Garden
Date: 2015-05-13

Date: 2015-05-13
Location: Keith Keppel's Garden
Date: 2015-05-13
Location: Cisco, Tx 
Date: 2020-04-13
Uploaded by coboro
Location: Keith Keppel's Garden
Date: 2015-05-14

Photo courtesy of Iris Sisters Farm, used with permission

Date: 2014-05-20
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