Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Frederick Kerr
Year Of Registration: 1995
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1996
Seedling Number: 87B-58-01
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 36 inches (91 cm)
Bloom Season: Early
Rebloom
Flower Form: Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Black
Blue
Flower Patterns: Neglecta
Bloom Color Description: Medium blue standards, darker basal infusion; blue black falls, slight blue white whisker markings beside beards
Beard Color: Blue white, blue at end
Awards: Honorable Mention: 1998
Award of Merit: 2000

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
Underground structures: Rhizome
Propagation: Seeds: Will not come true from seed
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Ploidy: Tetraploid
Parentage: Twist of Fate X Mystique
Child plants: 3 child plants

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Location: Nocona,Texas zn.7 My gardens
Date: Spring 2019
Pictured with Sweet William
Location: My garden in southeast Nebraska
Date: 2010-05-13
Location: Schreiner's Garden
Date: 2017-05-22
Full sun, 91 degrees F 32.7 degrees C
Location: Iowa
Date: 2010-05-19
Location: Schreiner's Garden
Date: 2017-05-22
Full sun, 91 degrees F 32.7 degrees C
Location: My garden in southeast Nebraska
Date: 2010-05-14
Fatal Attraction next to a clump of Wintry Sky
Location: My garden in southeast Nebraska
Date: 2011-05-17
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Location: My garden in southeast Nebraska
Date: 2010-05-13
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Uploaded by Betja
Location: My garden in southeast Nebraska
Date: 2011-05-17
Location: In my Northern California garden
Date: 2013-04-28
Location: In my Northern California garden
Date: 2013-04-28

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