Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Paul Black
Year Of Registration: 2016
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2016
Seedling Number: U35B
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 45 inches (114 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Mid Late
Late
Flower Form: Bubble Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Black
Violet
Flower Patterns: Bicolor
Bloom Color Description: Dark red purple standards; velvety purple black falls, slightly lighter narrow band, cream on each side of beards with black veins
Beard Color: Bright red orange
Style Arm Color: Mid dark red purple, mid mauve pink edge
Fragrance: Slight
Spicy
Awards: Honorable Mention: 2018
Award of Merit: 2021

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: 09C: (Body and Soul x Bundle of Love) X Sharp Dressed Man
Child plants: 3 child plants

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Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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Location: my garden, Utah
Date: 2020-06-01
Location: Durham, NC
Date: 2019-05-07
Colorwise, such a perfect name for this iris!
Location: My garden in southeast Nebraska
Date: 2018-05-23

Date: 2016-05-13
Location: Tennessee
Date: May 2019
Location: Russia, Rostov Region. Natalia Ternovaya 's Garden
Uploaded by Serjio

Date: 2016-05-10
Location: Russia, Rostov Region. Natalia Ternovaya 's Garden
Location: Mid-America Garden
Date: 2016-05-05
Location: Mid-America Garden
Date: 2016-05-05

Image courtesy of Superstition Iris Gardens
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Daffy Duck by KatsI2 Jan 15, 2021 11:03 PM 3

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