Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Richard Tasco
Year Of Registration: 2007
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2007
Seedling Number: 00-TB-14-06
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 40 inches (102 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Flower Form: Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Wine
Bloom Color Description: Black cherry standards, darker toward edges; black cherry falls, short narrow plum violet flash near end of beard
Beard Color: Golden brown, tangerine in throat, few hairs tipped violet at end
Style Arm Color: Burnt gold, wide black cherry midrib and fringed crest
Fragrance: Sweet
Awards: Honorable Mention: 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: Dream Express X Ennoble
Child plants: 11 child plants

Image
Common names
  • Iris
  • Tall Bearded Iris

Photo Gallery
Location: Home garden
Date: 2017-04-23

Date: 2018-04-15
Put in the ground in the fall, 1st blooms are prolific!
Location: Cisco, Tx 
Date: 2020-04-03
Location: My Garden in Fort Worth, TX
Date: 2020-04-09

Date: 2018-04-17
A prolific bloomer for a new rhizome.
Uploaded by Betja
Location: My Garden in Fort Worth, TX
Date: 2020-04-09
Uploaded by Betja
Location: Los Altos, CA
Date: 2017-04-26
Location: My garden in Bakersfield, CA
Date: 2013-04-16
Location: Iowa
Date: 2012-05-05
Location: Napa Iris Gardens
Date: 2012-05-19
Location: Napa Iris Gardens
Date: 2012-05-18
Location: My garden in southeast Nebraska
Date: 2011-05-28
Location: Superstitions Garden In California
Date: 2012-04-29
Location: My garden in Bakersfield, CA
Date: 2013-04-20
Location: Warfordsburg, PA
Date: 2014-06-27
Grand Classic
Location: Catheys Valley CA
Photo courtesy of Superstition Iris Gardens, posted with permissi
Uploaded by Betja
Uploaded by Betja
Uploaded by Betja
Uploaded by Betja
Location: My garden in southeast Nebraska
Date: 2011-05-28

Photo courtesy of Stout Gardens
Location: Superstitions Garden In California
Date: 2012-04-30
Location: Iowa
Plant Events from our members
Calif_Sue On May 3, 2014 Obtained plant
» Post your own event for this plant

« Add a new plant to the database

» Search the Irises Database: by characteristics or by cultivar name

« See the general plant entry for Irises (Iris)

« Visit the Irises forum

« The Irises Database Front Page

« The Plants Database Front Page

Today's site banner is by Visual_Botanics and is called "Bees and Butterflies"

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.