Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Michele Bersillon
Year Of Registration: 2011
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2015
Seedling Number: 0707D
Classification: Border Bearded (BB)
Registered Height: 20 inches (51 cm)
Bloom Season: Early
Early Mid
Mid
Bloom Color Classification: Copper/Brown
Flower Patterns: Bitone
Bloom Color Description: Dark chocolate brown standards, slightly darker on midrib and at edges; dark chocolate brown falls, lighter area on hafts and around beards
Beard Color: Dark chocolate brown
Style Arm Color: Light brown, dark brown stripe in center
Fragrance: Pronounced
Spicy
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 8b
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Underground structures: Rhizome
Propagation: Seeds: Will not come true from seed
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Ploidy: Tetraploid
Parentage: Epicenter X Death by Chocolate

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Common names
  • Border Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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Location: my garden, Utah
Date: 2019-05-29
Location: my garden, Utah
Date: 2021-05-15
Location: Durham, NC
Date: 2017-04-11
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Location: Durham, NC
Date: 2017-04-12
Full shade, pardon the pollen

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