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Hybridizer: Joseph Ghio
Year Of Registration: 2004
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2005
Seedling Number: 99-71P2
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 36 inches (91 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid Late
Flower Form: Bubble Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Purple
White
Flower Patterns: Plicata
Bloom Color Description: Blackish cherry-magenta standards; white falls washed and lined overall with magenta black, wide dark magenta-cherry band
Beard Color: Purple
Awards: Honorable Mention: 2007
Award of Merit: 2009

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: 97-95: ((Select Circle x Laugh Lines) x 95-35: (Rocket Master x Baltic Star)) X 97-30: (95-35bo: (Rocket Master x Baltic Star) x 94-36K2: (Select Circle x Epicenter))
Child plants: 13 child plants

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Uploaded by Snork
Location: Russia, Krasnodarskij Kraj
Date: 2017-05-16
Location: Russia, Krasnodarskij Kraj
Date: 2018-05-08
Location: My Garden in Janesville, WI
Date: 2022-06-06
Uploaded by ARUBA1334
Location: Russia, Krasnodarskij Kraj
Date: 2018-05-10
Location: Santa Cruz Mountains, California
Date: 2014-04-20
Location: My garden in Bakersfield, CA
Date: April 18, 2012
Location: Home
Location: Willamette Valley, Oregon 
Date: 2015-04-22
Location: My garden in southeast Nebraska
Date: 2014-05-20

Photo courtesy of Sutton's Iris Gardens
Location: My garden in southeast Nebraska
Date: 2013-05-24
Uploaded by MaryDurtschi
Uploaded by Betja
Uploaded by Betja
Location: My garden in southeast Nebraska
Date: 2011-05-26
Location: My garden in southeast Nebraska
Date: 2014-05-17
Location: My garden in southeast Nebraska
Date: 2012-04-28
Location: Cawston, BC
Date: 2022-10-26
From Hillside Irises
Location: My garden in southeast Nebraska
Date: 2012-04-28
Location: My garden in southeast Nebraska
Date: 2012-05-23
Location: My garden in southeast Nebraska
Date: 2011-05-27
Uploaded by Betja
Uploaded by Betja
Uploaded by avmoran
Location: My garden in southeast Nebraska
Date: 2014-05-21
Location: My garden in Bakersfield, CA
Date: April 17, 2012
Uploaded by Misawa77

Photo courtesy of Comanche Acres Iris Garden
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Date: 2011-06-09
Location: In my garden
Date: 2012-05-19
Location: My garden in Bakersfield, CA
Date: April 21, 2012
Uploaded by Paul2032

Photo courtesy of Blue J Iris Used with permission.

Date: 2013-05-22
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