Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Paul Black
Year Of Registration: 2012
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2014
Seedling Number: L83BSPORT
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 40 inches (102 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Mid Late
Late
Flower Form: Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Purple
Rose
White
Flower Patterns: Line and Speckles
Bloom Color Description: Warm white standards; white falls lined and dotted plum rose over hafts, changing to pale sanded wash over center 1/3, darker wash on lower 1/3, pale near white rim
Beard Color: Hairs based white, mid yellow tips
Style Arm Color: Warm white
Foliage: Variegated
Fragrance: Slight
Sweet
Awards: Honorable Mention: 2016

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: Variegated foliage sport of Wonders Never Cease
Child plants: 9 child plants

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Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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Date: 2015-05-15
Location: Mid America Iris
Date: 2016-05-24
Location: Back yard
Date: 2017-05-29
Location: Santa Cruz Mountains, California
Date: 2017-05-11
Location: Santa Cruz Mountains, California
Date: 2017-05-10
Location: Back yard
Date: 2017-05-29
Photo by ARUBA1334
Location: tall tree bed
Date: 2018-06-15
aborted early buds
Location: My Garden in PA
Date: 2018-05-27
Location: tall tree bed
Date: 2018-06-15
aborted early buds
Location: tall tree bed
Date: 2018-06-15
aborted early buds
Location: tall tree bed
Date: 2018-06-15
aborted early buds
Location: north bed
Date: 2018-05-13

Photo courtesy of Stout Gardens
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Photo courtesy of Stout Gardens
  • Uploaded by Joy

Photo courtesy of Mid-America Garden

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