Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Barbara Nicodemus
Year Of Registration: 2013
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2014
Seedling Number: J78A
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 32 inches (81 cm)
Bloom Season: Early Mid
Mid
Flower Form: Fluted
Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Wine
Flower Patterns: Bitone
Bloom Color Description: Cherry black standards; cherry black falls, few inconspicuous striations
Beard Color: Gold deep in throat, burnt brown in middle, cherry black at end
Style Arm Color: Cherry black, green yellow outer and lower midrib, lighter stigmatic lip
Fragrance: Pronounced

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: Hello Darkness X Epicenter
Child plants: one child plant

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Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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Location: My Garden in Janesville, WI
Date: 2021-05-31
Location: Oxfordshire, England
Date: 2020-05-24
Location: www.dasIrisFeld.ch in Oetlishausen, Switzerland - photo by Sharlene Sutter
Date: 2022-05-27
Location: Kevin Vaughn’s Garden near Salem, Oregon
Date: 2018-05-11
Location: Kevin Vaughn’s Garden, near Salem Oregon
Date: 2018-05-11
Location: Oxfordshire, England
Date: 2020-05-19
Location: www.dasIrisFeld.ch in Oetlishausen, Switzerland - photo by Sharlene Sutter
Date: 2021-06-02

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