Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Chet Tompkins
Year Of Registration: 1945
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1945
Seedling Number: 44-88
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 40 inches (102 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Mid Late
Late
Bloom Color Classification: Purple
Flower Patterns: Self
Bloom Color Description: Blue purple, brown touch at haft

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
Underground structures: Rhizome
Propagation: Seeds: Will not come true from seed
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Parentage: (((The Black Douglas x (King Tut x Buto) x Buto x (The Black Douglas x Black Wings) x (Souv. de Loetitia Michaud x Tenebrae) x Geo. J. Tribolet x Grace Sturtevant)))
Child plants: one child plant

Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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