Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Brad Kasperek
Year Of Registration: 1994
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1995
Seedling Number: 91B-2A
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 30 inches (76 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Flower Form: Ruffled
Laced
Bloom Color Classification: Violet
White
Yellow
Flower Patterns: Broken
Bloom Color Description: Standards streaked light mauve and silver white; dark mauve falls, silver white streaking and sunshine yellow shoulders, mauve veining
Beard Color: Golden brown
Fragrance: Slight
Awards: Honorable Mention: 1997
Award of Merit: 1999

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: Tiger Honey X Rustic Dance
Child plants: 21 child plants

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Common names
  • Iris
  • Tall Bearded Iris

Photo Gallery
Location: my yard
Location: Superstition Garden - Cathey's Valley, CA
Date: April 18, 2015
Location: Home
Location: north central Texas
Date: 2005-04-20
Location: Tennessee
Date: 2020-4-22
Location: Las Cruces, NM
Date: 2019-04-09
TB Iris Bewilderbeast
Location: Las Cruces, NM
Date: 2020-04-28
TB Iris Bewilderbeast
Location: Chino Valley Arizona
Date: 2020-05-10
Location: Back garden, Durham, NC
Date: May, 2013
Location: Chino Valley Arizona
Date: 2022-05-16
Location: Carrie's garden, Trail, Oregon
Date: 2019-05-27
Location: Yorkville, IL
Date: 2020-06-03
Location: My garden
Date: 2019-06-04
Each bloom is slightly different than the last one.
Location: Cottonwood, CA
Date: 2019-04-11
Location: My garden
Date: 2019-05-31
First year bloom.
Location: Pleasants Valley Iris Farm, Vacaville CA
Date: 2010-04-28
Location: Carrie's garden, Trail, Oregon
Date: 2019-05-27
Location: Cisco, Tx
Location: Yorkville, IL
Date: 2020-05-30
Location: My garden
Date: 2019-06-02
Location: Yorkville, IL
Date: 2020-05-29
Location: Fort Worth TX
Date: 2009-04-18
Iris (Iris \"Bewilderbeast\")
Location: Back garden, Durham, NC
Date: May, 2013
Location: Vancouver,  WA 
Date: 2018-05-25
5 25 2018
Location: My garden
Date: 2016-05-04
Photo by irisloverdee
Photo by avmoran

Date: 2012-05-16
With a sleepy bee

Date: 2012-05-16
Location: My garden
Date: 2019-06-02
Such color variation!
Location: Cisco, Tx 
Date: 2020-04-10
Location: My garden
Date: 2019-06-02
Location: Yorkville, IL
Date: 2020-06-03
Location: Lewiston, Idaho
Date: 5-14-2015

Photo courtesy of Blue J Iris Used with permission.
Location: Apple Valley, CA
Date: 2015-05-06
Potted Bewilderbeast
Location: God's Garden - Atwater CA
Date: April 2014
Location: God's Garden - Atwater CA
Date: April 2014
Location: Poilly-Lez-Gien France
"Photo courtesy of Cayeux Iris. Used with permission."
Location: East Tennessee
Date: 2018-05-08
Location: Panama Illinois
Date: 2023-05-12

Date: 2012-05-16
Location: West Valley City, UT
Location: Lewiston, Idaho
Date: 5-14-2015
Location: Chino Valley Arizona
Date: 2021-05-09

Photo Courtesy of Te Sligte Gardens. Used with Permission
  • Uploaded by Joy

Date: 2012-05-16
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I.R.I.S. Inland Region Iris Society sale; potted plant; $8.00; LLO
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