Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Lowell Baumunk
Year Of Registration: 1998
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1999
Seedling Number: 92BBWA-7
Classification: Intermediate Bearded (IB)
Registered Height: 17 inches (43 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Rebloom
Flower Form: Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Purple
Flower Patterns: Self
Bloom Color Description: Dark purple
Beard Color: Dark purple
Awards: Honorable Mention: 2001
Award of Merit: 2003
Hans and Jacob Sass Medal: 2006

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 8b
Flowers: Showy
Underground structures: Rhizome
Propagation: Seeds: Will not come true from seed
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Ploidy: Unbalanced Tetraploid
Parentage: Best Bet X What Again
Child plants: 2 child plants

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Common names
  • Iris
  • Intermediate Bearded Iris

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Location: Oxfordshire, England
Date: 2019-05-12
in sun
Location: Oxfordshire, England
Date: 2019-05-06
Location: Las Cruces, NM
Date: 2019-04-11
Intermediate Iris Midsummer Night's Dream
Location: Oxfordshire, England
Date: 2020-04-29
in the rain
Location: Sass Memorial Garden near Ashland, Nebraska
Date: 2013-05-23
Location: Las Cruces, NM
Date: 2021-04-12
Intermediate Iris Midsummer Night's Dream
Photo by Misawa77
Location: Sass Memorial Garden near Ashland, Nebraska
Date: 2013-05-23

Remarks by Dee S: Snowpeak Iris
Location: Sass Memorial Garden near Ashland, Nebraska
Date: 2011-05-12
Location: Sass Memorial Garden near Ashland, Nebraska
Date: 2012-04-17

Date: 2003-12-11
Photo courtesy of Lowell Baumunk, Iris Colorado
Photo by Misawa77

Photo courtesy of Blue J Iris. Used with permission.

Photo courtesy of Rainbow Iris Farm

Date: Photo courtesy of Stout Gardens
Photo by Misawa77
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