Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Tom Burseen
Year Of Registration: 2012
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2013
Seedling Number: 08-669B
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 36 inches (91 cm)
Bloom Season: Early
Early Mid
Mid
Flower Form: Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Magenta
Yellow
Bloom Color Description: Empire yellow standards, slightly darker base; dark violet blue falls, empire yellow sunburst at beards turning into bluebird blue wash in center of falls
Beard Color: Yellow, tipped orange
Style Arm Color: Buttercup yellow
Fragrance: Pronounced
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: Silent Screen Star X Auntie Claudia
Child plants: one child plant

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Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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Location: Durham, NC
Date: 2017-05-01
Location: Durham, NC
Date: 2017-05-01

Date: 2014-04-22
Location: Whitesboro, TX
Image courtesy of The Shady Spot Iris 2017
Location: Catheys Valley CA
Photo courtesy of Superstition Iris Gardens, posted with permissi

Photo courtesy of Stout Gardens
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