Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Paul Black
Year Of Registration: 2013
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2013
Seedling Number: R77G
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 40 inches (102 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Mid Late
Late
Flower Form: Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Gold
Magenta
Bloom Color Description: Mid dark old gold center and 3/4" band on standards, outer 1/3 white with overall mid dark old gold filigree veining; mid lilac falls, mid chestnut haft and 1/4" band, tan sanded veins over haft
Beard Color: Dark old gold in throat
Style Arm Color: Mid old gold, charcoal violet midrib, mid old gold in middle, light old gold end
Fragrance: Pronounced
Sweet
Awards: Honorable Mention: 2015

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: Class Clown X M29DD: (Ransom Note x What's My Line)
Child plants: 3 child plants

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Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

Photo Gallery
Location: Home garden
Date: 2017-11-16
A relaxed bloom in the shade.
Location: Home garden
Date: 2017-05-06
Photo by ARUBA1334
Location: Beaumont Ridge Iris Gardens
Date: May 18 -- 2017
Men are from Mars -- Black '13
Location: San Rafael, CA
Date: 2019-05-06
Photo by TBMan
Location: Russia, Krasnodar region, Novokubansk
Date: 2022-05-30
Photo by coboro
Location: Mid-America Gardens
Date: 2015-05-13
Location: Mid-America Gardens
Date: 2015-05-14

Photo courtesy of Stout Gardens
Location: Aitken's Salmon Creek Garden
Date: 2015-05-23
Photo by coboro
Location: Mid-America Gardens, Salem, Oregon
Date: 2016-05-05
Location: My Garden in Fort Worth, TX
Date: 2024-04-13
Location: My Garden in Fort Worth, TX
Date: 2024-04-13
Location: My Garden in Fort Worth, TX
Date: 2024-04-13

Photo courtesy of Mid-America Garden

Photo courtesy of Stout Gardens
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