Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Ty J. Smith
Year Of Registration: 2015
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2019
Seedling Number: TY 12-29B
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 39 inches (99 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Flower Form: Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Wine
Bloom Color Description: Silky port wine standards, somewhat greyer around purple midrib; red black falls, cream feathers surrounding beards, red toned blade
Beard Color: Smoked old gold
Style Arm Color: Rust crests rust, gold midrib and sides, long purple border beside rib
Fragrance: Pronounced
Sweet
Awards: Honorable Mention: 2022

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: Red Skies X Up in Flames

Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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