Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Tom Burseen
Year Of Registration: 2012
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2013
Seedling Number: 08-70A
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 37 inches (94 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid Late
Flower Form: Ruffled
Flared
Bloom Color Description: Grey red standards, gold glow; ruby red falls washed black, color of standards around edge
Beard Color: Dark orange in throat, orange in middle, gold at end, blended cream, yellow, and grey red stag horns
Space Age Beard Appendages: Horns
Style Arm Color: Grey red
Fragrance: Slight
Sweet
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: 06-24: (04-449: (02-178: (A-182: (Pieces of April x 98-513: (Spiced Tiger x Night Game)) x Smith Named Keith) x 02-150: (A-411: (98-376: (Armadillo Run x 95-194: (Dauber's Delight x 93-442: (Amelia's Orchid x Stingray))) x 98-5TERRA FIRMA75: (Gnus Flash x It Ain't So)) x 99-403: (96-189: (Experiencit x Gnu Again) x Romantic Evening))) x 04-214: (02-336: (99-403 x A-376: (98-528: (95-427: (93-178: (Orange Blotter x Thornbird) x 93-156: (Stingray x Thornbird)) x Bewilderbeast) x 97-1210: (95-330: (92-24: (Best Bet x Magician's Apprentice) x 93-228: (Thornbird x He Man)) x 94-379: (Miss Piggy x Pass the Shades)))) x Messy Jessi)) X 06-90: (04-214, see Terra Firma, x 03-685: (A-176: (Silver Trumpets x 97-571: (Haute Couture x Joan's Party)) x Grandma's Smile))
Child plants: 2 child plants

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Location: Menton, France
Date: 2018-05-01
Location: Menton, France
Date: 2018-05-02
Location: Durham, NC
Date: 2017-04-16
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Location: Durham, NC
Date: 2017-04-18
Location: Whitesboro, TX
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