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Hybridizer: Thomas Johnson
Year Of Registration: 2010
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2010
Seedling Number: Tz58A
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 36 inches (91 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Flower Form: Bubble Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Black
Violet
Flower Patterns: Bicolor
Bloom Color Description: Medium purple standards; purple black falls, slightly lighter rim
Beard Color: Bright orange
Fragrance: Sweet
Awards: Honorable Mention: 2012
Award of Merit: 2014
John C. Wister Medal: 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: Paul Black X Saturn
Child plants: 23 child plants

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Common names
  • Iris
  • Tall Bearded Iris

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Date: 2018-05-19
Location: Russia, Krasnodarskij Kraj
Date: 2019-05-22

Date: 2017-06-02
Location: Iowa
Date: 2023-05-22

Date: 2014-04-23
Location: my garden in Dawsonville, GA (zone 7b north Geogia mountains)
Date: 2022-05-01
Location: Henry County, Virginia
Date: 2019-05-20
Stands out from a mile away!!
Photo by Serjio
Location: Menton, France
Date: 2017-04-28
Location: Cottonwood, CA
Date: 2022-05-09
Location: Henry County, Virginia
Date: 2019-05-19
Top-down view of Sharp Dressed Man; very resilient!
Location: Russia, Krasnodarskij Kraj
Date: 2019-05-22
Location: Garland, TX
Date: 2018-04-24
Four-fer :-)
Location: My Garden in Janesville, WI
Date: 2015-05-27
Location: my yard

Date: 2017-05-31
Location: my garden in Dawsonville, GA (zone 7b north Geogia mountains)
Date: 2022-05-01
view from above
Location: My garden, Watkins Glen, NY
Date: May 2022
Location: Russia, Krasnodar region, Novokubansk
Location: My Caffeinated Garden
Date: 2018-04-28
Photo by tveguy3
Location: Mid America Gardens
Date: 2012-06-04
Location: My garden in Warrenville, SC
Date: 4-28-2023
Location: Wentworth, NS, Canada
Date: 2016-01-22
Location: Garland (Dallas), TX
Date: 2016-04-19
Photo by coboro
Location: Mt. Pleasant Iris in WA
Date: 2015-05-13
Location: Panama Illinois
Date: 2021-05-25
Location: Cisco, Tx 
Date: 2020-04-22
Location: Russia, Krasnodar region, Novokubansk
Date: 2020-05-20
Location: Menton, France
Date: 2017-04-28
Location: Western Kentucky
Date: Spring 2014
Photo by tveguy3
Location: Garland (Dallas), TX
Date: 2016-04-18
Four-faller beards make a dramatic image.
Location: Mid America Gardens
Date: 2012-06-04
Photo by coboro
Location: Coon Rapids, MN home garden
Date: 2023-05-16
Location: Coon Rapids, MN home garden
Date: 2023-05-16
Photo by coboro

Date: 2020-05-24
Location: Mid America Gardens
Date: 2012-06-01

Date: 2014-05-23
Photo by Betja
Photo by Misawa77
Location: Sacramento, CA
Date: 2021-04-25
Location: Nocona,Texas zn.7 My gardens
Date: 2023-04-16
Location: At Napa Iris Gardens
Date: 2014-04-26
Location: Garland (Dallas), TX
Date: 2016-04-18

Date: 2015-05-13
Photo by Betja
Photo by Betja
Location: Mid-America Gardens, Salem, Oregon
Date: 2016-05-05
Location: Mid-America Gardens
Date: 2015-05-14
Photo by Lbsmitty
Location: Catheys Valley CA
Photo courtesy of Superstition Iris Gardens, posted with permissi
Photo by Betja

Date: 2013-12-15
Photo courtesy of Napa Country Iris Garden
Location: At Napa Iris Gardens
Date: 2014-04-26
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