Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Tom Burseen
Year Of Registration: 2012
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2013
Seedling Number: 08-1354A
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 37 inches (94 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Mid Late
Late
Flower Form: Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Violet
Yellow
Flower Patterns: Bicolor
Bloom Color Description: Chinese yellow standards, lighter midribs; amethyst falls, heavily washed and veined electric violet blue, red brown washed edges, brown rims
Beard Color: Yellow in throat, light blue in middle and at end
Style Arm Color: Cadmium orange, purple stigmas
Fragrance: Pronounced
Musky
Awards: Honorable Mention: 2016

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: Upper Hand X Cosmic Collision
Child plants: one child plant

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Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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Date: 2017-05-22
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Date: 2014-05-22
Location: Catheys Valley CA
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