Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Schreiner
Year Of Registration: 1997
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1997
Seedling Number: CC 618-A
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 37 inches (94 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Flower Form: Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Wine
Flower Patterns: Self
Bloom Color Description: Cardinal red
Beard Color: Yellow
Awards: Honorable Mention: 1999
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
Underground structures: Rhizome
Propagation: Seeds: Will not come true from seed
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Ploidy: Tetraploid
Parentage: War Chief X 1984 #37, unknown
Child plants: 22 child plants

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Common names
  • Iris
  • Tall Bearded Iris

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Location: My garden, Ukraine, Zaporizhzhya region Zone: 6a 
Date: 2020-05-25
Location: Santa Cruz Mountains, California
Date: 2015-04-20

Date: 2012-05-13

Dynamite (May 2005)
Location: My zone 5 garden.
Date: 2020-05-28
Location: Panama Illinois
Date: 2022-05-23

Dynamite
Location: Durham, NC
Date: May, 2015

Photo courtesy of Pleasants Valley Iris Farm
Location: Santa Cruz Mountains, California
Date: 2014-04-20
Location: My garden in Northwest Arkansas
Date: 2013-05-14
Location: Panama Illinois
Date: 2020-05-20
Location: Granite Falls, WA
Date: 2018-05-26
Location: Granite Falls, WA
Date: 2017-05-19
Location: My Garden in Fort Worth, TX
Date: 2020-04-18
Location: my yard
Date: 2019-04-17
Location: My zone 5 garden.
Date: 2020-05-27
Today was the first bloom on this one.
Location: Iowa
Date: 2012-05-04
Location: My zone 5 garden.
Date: 2021-05-24
Location: My Garden in Fort Worth, TX
Date: 2018-04-21
Location: My Garden in Fort Worth, TX
Date: 2020-04-18
Location: Granite Falls, WA
Date: 2018-05-27
Photo by MaryDurtschi
Location: Cisco, Tx 
Date: 2020-05-01
Location: God's Garden - Atwater CA
Date: April 2014
Location: My Garden in Fort Worth, TX
Date: 2018-04-21
Photo by MaryDurtschi
Location: Daisydo's garden
Date: 2021-05-20
Photo by MaryDurtschi
Location: Schreiner's Garden
Date: 2017-05-22
Full sun, 91 degrees F 32.7 degrees C
Photo by Betja
Location: God's Garden - Atwater CA
Date: April 2014
Location: Marshfield, Missouri zone 6a
Date: 2011-05-11
Location: Santa Cruz Mountains, California
Date: 2014-04-20
Location: My garden in Northwest Arkansas
Date: 2013-05-14
Photo by Betja

Photo Courtesy of Te Sligte Gardens. Used with Permission
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Location: My Red Flowerbed
Date: 2012-28-2012
Love it!
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Photo courtesy of Blue J Iris Used with permission.
Location: God's Garden - Atwater CA
Date: April 2014
Location: My zone 5 garden.
Date: 2021-05-21

Photo courtesy of Blue J Iris. Used with permission.
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Location: My Red Flowerbed
Date: 2012-28-2012
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Comments:
  • Posted by Dodecatheon3 (Northwest Arkansas - Zone 6b) on May 14, 2013 8:10 AM concerning plant:
    Beautiful, huge red flower. It took mine several years to establish itself & bloom, but it was worth the wait.
    Schreiner's Garden lists this as a 4 1/4" x 6 3/4" flower with four-branched stems bearing 8-10 flowers.

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