Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Richard Tasco
Year Of Registration: 2016
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2016
Seedling Number: 11-TB-15-11
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 37 inches (94 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Flower Form: Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Gold
Wine
Flower Patterns: Variegata
Bloom Color Description: Light bronzed yellow standards, light rosy plum wash over midrib spreading towards edge; plush burgundy black falls, bright yellow orange veins on both sides of beards
Beard Color: Bronze, tipped rusty brown
Style Arm Color: Yellow, rosy plum blush up midrib and streaking on crests
Foliage: Purple Based
Fragrance: Pronounced
Awards: Honorable Mention: 2019

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: Smoky Shadows X Latte
Child plants: one child plant

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Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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Location: Superstition Gardens, Cathey's Valley, CA
Date: April 7, 2016
Location: Philo, California
Date: 2018-05-03

Date: 2020-05-15
Location: Philo, California
Date: 2020-05-03
Location: Mount Enterprise, Texas
Location: Philo, California
Date: 2017-05-22
Location: Catheys Valley CA
Photo courtesy of Superstition Iris Gardens, posted with permissi
Location: Knoxville, Tennessee 
Date: 2023-04-27
Mystic Image 2023
Location: Mount Enterprise, Texas
Date: 2024-04-14
Location: Philo, California
Date: 2018-05-03
Location: Chino Valley Arizona
Date: 2021-05-04
Location: San Diego, CA
Date: 2018-05-05
taken at 2018 San Diego iris show

Photo courtesy of Stout Gardens
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