Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Paul Black
Year Of Registration: 1998
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1998
Seedling Number: A26C
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 34 inches (86 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Flower Form: Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Blue
Copper/Brown
Purple
Violet
Flower Patterns: Blend
Bloom Color Description: Dark blue purple standards, blending to medium violet blue edge; dark blue purple falls, pale violet white diffused band, darker plum brown hafts
Beard Color: Gold
Style Arm Color: Medium violet blue
Fragrance: Pronounced
Sweet
Awards: Honorable Mention: 2000
Award of Merit: 2002

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: In Town X Witches' Sabbath
Child plants: 11 child plants

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  • Iris
  • Tall Bearded Iris

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Photo by Snork
Location: Mebourne, Australia
Date: 2013-11-17
Location: Australia
Date: 2020-10-18
Photo by Snork
Location: Australia
Date: 2020-10-23
Location: Northern Germany
Date: 2022-05-30
Location: My garden
Date: 2020-05-03
Location: Australia
Date: 2021-10-28

Deep Dark Secret
Location: Northwest Arkansas
Date: 2014-05-08
Location: Northwest Arkansas
Date: 2014-05-08
Location: Whitesboro, TX
Date: 2017-05-25
Image courtesy of The Shady Spot Iris. All rights reserved.
Location: New Zealand
Date: 2011-11-17
Location: My Garden, Arvada, Colorado
Date: May
Location: My garden in Northwest Arkansas
Date: 2015-05-16
Location: New Zealand
Location: New Zealand
Date: 2009-11-07
Location: Northern Germany
Date: 2015-06-13
Location: Northern Germany
Date: 2014-06-02
Location: Poilly-Lez-Gien France
"Photo courtesy of Cayeux Iris. Used with permission."

Date: 2012-01-14

Photo courtesy of Blue J Iris Used with permission.

Photo courtesy of Williamson Farm Flowers

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