Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Tom Burseen
Year Of Registration: 2005
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2006
Seedling Number: 01-88B
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 36 inches (91 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Flower Form: Ruffled
Flared
Bloom Color Description: Light imperial purple standards; beetroot purple falls, black glaze
Beard Color: Orange , short fuzzy tan horns
Space Age Beard Appendages: Horns
Style Arm Color: Darker purple
Fragrance: 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: 98-217: (95-63: (All AFlutter x Gnu) x 96-177: (Lover's Lane x 93-367: (Splish Splash x Mesmerizer))) X 97-1128: (93-512: (8-88: (5-55: (Guardian Gate x Homecoming Queen) x Somsee Somsigh) x 91-93: (89-168: (Salmon Band x Gigolo) x 7-33: (3-116: (Art Shades x Wild Berry) x Slow Motion))) x 95-410: (Pagan Pink x 93-444: (91-297: (7-231: (Edna's Wish x Rosecraft) x 8-43: (Iris Irene x Classic Capers)) x 91-124: (Ample Charm x Hello Hobo))))
Child plants: 29 child plants

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Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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Location: Philo, California
Date: 2020-04-26

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