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Hybridizer: Gerald Darby by Coe
Year Of Registration: 1968
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1967
Classification: Interspecies Hybrids---Species X
Registered Height: up to 6 feet (183 cm)
Bloom Color Classification: Violet
Bloom Color Description: Blue violet
Foliage: Purple Based

General Plant Information (Edit)
Life cycle: Perennial
Flowers: Showy
Ploidy: Tetraploid
Parentage: Unknown, possibly I. versicolor X I. virginica

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Common names
  • Iris
  • Species X Iris

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Location: Rhode Island, US
Date: 2019-06-04
Location: My garden in N E Pa. 
Date: 2020-04-08
Location: Russia, Krasnodar region, Novokubansk
Date: 2022-06-04
Location: Russia, Krasnodar region, Novokubansk
Date: 2022-06-02
Location: RHS Harlow Carr, Yorkshire UK
Date: 2022-06-24
Location: Northern Illinois (Zone 5a)
Date: 2016-05-28
Location: Western Washington
Date: 2018-05-21
Location: Western Washington
Location: RHS Harlow Carr, Yorkshire, UK
Date: 2021-05-10
Location: Northern Illinois (Zone 5a)
Date: 2016-05-28
Showing dark stem and bud
Location: American Peony Society Garden, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York
Date: 06/23/2003
photo by Cornell Plantations via Cornell University Library's eCo
Location: My garden in Gent, Belgium
Date: 2008-05-27
Location: z6a MA, my garden
Date: 2014-04-28
The purple will fade in time.
Location: RHS Harlow Carr, Yorkshire, UK
Date: 2021-04-10
Location: Western Washington
Date: 2017-05-31

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Location: RHS Harlow Carr, Yorkshire, UK
Date: 2021-05-10
Uploaded by PollyK
Location: My garden in Gent, Belgium
Date: 2008-05-27
Uploaded by CLUSIANA
Location: z6a MA, my garden
Date: 2013-06-03
Location: Aquitania (France)
Date: 2012-06-02
Location: Aquitania (France)
Date: 2012-06-02
Location: z6a MA, my garden
Date: 2013-06-03
The waxy dark blue stems are striking.
Location: Aquitania (France)
Date: 2012-06-02

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Location: My garden in Gent, Belgium
Date: 2008-05-27
Location: My garden in Gent, Belgium
Date: 4000-06-08
Location: My garden in Gent, Belgium
Date: 2008-05-27
Uploaded by CLUSIANA
Uploaded by CLUSIANA
Uploaded by CLUSIANA

Stems from my Gerald Darby
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