Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Barry Blyth
Year Of Registration: 2006
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2006
Seedling Number: N228-1
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 36 inches (91 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Flower Form: Bubble Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Blue
Copper/Brown
Magenta
Flower Patterns: Blend
Bloom Color Description: Light magenta burgundy standards, bronze blush at midrib; bright light magenta burgundy falls, bluish wash at center
Beard Color: Bronze, outer half purple bronze
Fragrance: Slight
Sweet

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: Swingtown X Decadence
Child plants: 20 child plants

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Common names
  • Iris
  • Tall Bearded Iris

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Date: 2013-05-06
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Date: April 2015
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Date: April 27, 2012
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Date: 2012-06-01
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Date: April 27, 2012
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Location: Australia
Date: 2021-10-28
Location: God's Garden - Atwater CA
Date: April 2015
Location: My garden in Bakersfield, CA
Date: 2013-05-09
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Date: June 2016
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Date: 2013-04-20
Location: My garden in Bakersfield, CA
Date: 2013-04-17
Photo by Betja
Location: My garden in Bakersfield, CA
Date: April 27, 2012
Location: Catheys Valley CA
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Location: My garden in Bakersfield, CA
Date: 2013-05-09
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Location: My garden in southeast Nebraska
Date: 2014-05-25
Location: My garden in Bakersfield, CA
Date: 2012-05-18

Date: 2012-01-17
Photo courtesy of Napa Country Iris Garden

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