Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Pia Altenhofer
Year Of Registration: 2013
Seedling Number: 08 Pa x S 3
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 37.5 inches (95 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Bloom Color Classification: Wine
Bloom Color Description: Black red standards; black red falls, veined base
Beard Color: Dark rape yellow in throat, ends based brown beige, tips broom yellow
Style Arm Color: Black red tips, midribs sepia brown fading out to side rims in lemon yellow to brown beige
Fragrance: Pronounced
Spicy

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: Patina X Superstition
Child plants: 2 child plants

Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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