Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Paul Black
Year Of Registration: 2015
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2015
Seedling Number: S31B
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 38 inches (97 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Mid Late
Late
Very Late
Flower Form: Bubble Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Cream
Purple
White
Flower Patterns: Plicata
Bloom Color Description: White standards, wide dark purple band, veins up rib, sanding and dotting over center; light mid yellow falls, narrow mid plum band, wider at haft and sparse random dotting over center, white V patch around beard lined and sanded mid violet blue
Beard Color: Hairs based white, root beer in throat, mid brown in middle, mid grey brown ends
Style Arm Color: Dark plum
Fragrance: Slight
Musky
Awards: Honorable Mention: 2017

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: Out of the Dark X O151A: (L78B: (Tangled Web x J29A: ((C-115: ((Royal Trumpeter x Rancho Rose) x (Mountain Melody x Oh Babe)) x C-116: ((Michigan Pride x Broadway) x (Dazzling Gold x Hindu Magic))) x I've Got Rhythm)) x Out of the Dark)
Child plants: 10 child plants

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Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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