Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Tom Burseen
Year Of Registration: 2012
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2013
Seedling Number: 08-88A
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 36 inches (91 cm)
Bloom Season: Very Very Early
Very Early
Early
Early Mid
Mid
Flower Form: Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Gold
Violet
Wine
Flower Patterns: Blend
Bloom Color Description: Grey red standards, blended and veined violet, tan gold at base; currant red falls
Beard Color: Gold, violet maroon stag horns
Space Age Beard Appendages: Horns
Style Arm Color: Gold, blended maroon
Fragrance: Pronounced
Musky

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: 06-174: (Sensationalizer x Scarlet Arrow) X 05-274: (Florence Hill x 02-83: (Inky Icon x A-166, see Vegas Bound))
Child plants: 3 child plants

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Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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Location: Durham, NC
Date: 2018-04-29
In full sun.
Location: Durham, NC
Date: 2017-04-05
Location: Durham, NC
Date: 2017-04-11
Location: Durham, NC
Date: 2017-04-10
Location: Catheys Valley CA
Photo courtesy of Superstition Iris Gardens, posted with permissi

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