Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Anton Mego
Year Of Registration: 2002
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2003
Seedling Number: AM-93/0038
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 33 inches (85 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Flower Form: Bubble Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Orchid
Purple
Bloom Color Description: White standards shaded orchid lavender, slight blue veining, 1/8" gold rim; dark velvety blue purple falls, slightly lighter rim, white area around beard with purple veining changing to brown
Beard Color: Gold
Style Arm Color: Silver lavender veined blue, gold edge
Fragrance: Slight
Sweet
Awards: Honorable Mention: 2005
Award of Merit: 2007
John C. Wister Medal: 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
Fragrant
Underground structures: Rhizome
Propagation: Seeds: Will not come true from seed
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Ploidy: Tetraploid
Parentage: Edith Wolford X Queen in Calico
Child plants: 27 child plants

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Common names
  • Iris
  • Tall Bearded Iris

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Slovac Prince
Location: Russia, Krasnodarskij Kraj
Date: 2016-05-10
Location: Russia, Krasnodarskij Kraj
Date: 2017-05-14
Location: Mount Enterprise, Texas
Date: 2023-04-27
Uploaded by Cuzz4short
Uploaded by bramedog
Uploaded by iciris
Location: My Garden in Janesville, WI
Date: 2014-05-29
Location: My Garden in Janesville, WI
Date: 2014-05-29
Location: My garden
Date: 2024-05-03
Location: Photo by Carol Bacskai; zone 5b, Yorkville, IL
Date: 2021-05-19
Uploaded by tveguy3
Location: Central Texas 76844
Date: May 2, 2009

Date: 2019-05-04
Uploaded by bramedog
Location: Superstitions Garden In California
Date: 2011-04-29
Location: Zone 6
Date: 2024-05-08
Location: in my garden
Date: 2017-05-07
Location: Yorkville, IL
Date: 2020-05-25
clone tag: 8600773365460264226
Location: Mexico, Missouri 
Date: 2022-05-15
Location: Prescott, AZ
Date: 2017-05-01
Slovak Prince Glows in Late Afternoon Sun
Location: j c raulston arboretum, ncsu,  raleigh, north carolina
Date: 2021-04-27
Location: Richlands, NC
Date: 2022-04-23
Location: BC
Date: 2012
Location: -Tasmania 2014
Date: 2017-11-06
Uploaded by MaryDurtschi
Uploaded by iciris
Uploaded by MaryDurtschi
Location: Cawston, BC
Date: 2022-10-30
From Hillside Irises
Location: Cisco, Tx 
Date: 2020-04-19
Location: Yorkville, IL
Date: 2020-05-22
Location: Bytom/Poland/
Date: 2014-05-21

Photo courtesy of Winterberry Iris Gardens
Location: Wilhoit, AZ
Date: 2023
Location: Australia
Date: 2022-11-09
Slovak Prince
Location: South Dakota
Date: 2013-06-17
Location: BC
Date: June 2014
Location: BC
Date: June 2014
Uploaded by Betja
Uploaded by Betja
Location: My Garden in Janesville, WI
Date: 2014-05-29
Location: Schreiner's Garden
Date: 2011-05-20
Location: Pleasant Grove, Utah
Date: 2012-05-12
Inmy garden

Photo courtesy of Blue J Iris. Used with permission.

Photo courtesy of Blue J Iris. Used with permission.
  • Uploaded by Joy
Location: Royal Botanical Gardens, Burlington, ON, Canada
Date: 2014-06-05
Uploaded by Misawa77
Location: New Zealand
Location: Pleasant Grove, Utah
Date: 2012-05-12
In my garden

Date: 2012-05-15

Date: 2018-05-24
Uploaded by Paul2032

Date: 2012-05-12
At a UIS show
Comments:
  • Posted by bluegrassmom (South central KY - Zone 6b) on Mar 26, 2021 10:58 PM concerning plant:
    One of my top 10 TB iris. Love the bright bicolored blooms. Good grower.
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