Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Richard Tasco
Year Of Registration: 2017
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2017
Seedling Number: 10-TB-13-10
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 38 inches (97 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Flower Form: Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Tan
Wine
Flower Patterns: Bicolor
Bloom Color Description: Dusky champagne tan standards, mid violet flush on lower midribs; dark plum purple falls, black highlights, slightly lighter edge, creamy white veins beside beards
Beard Color: Hairs based white, tips bright mandarin red, slightly lighter red at end
Style Arm Color: Creamy tan, bronze edges, light violet flush along ridges, light brown edge on back of styles, light violet flush under stigmatic lip
Foliage: Purple Based
Fragrance: Slight
Awards: Honorable Mention: 2019

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: Smoky Shadows X Viking Dancer

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Location: My Garden in Fort Worth, TX
Date: 2022-04-19
Location: Durham, NC
Date: 2019-05-04
In light shade.
Location: Superstition Gardens - Cathey's Valley CA
Date: 2017-05-07
Location: Home garden
Date: 2018-05-14
Location: My Garden in Fort Worth, TX
Date: 2022-04-19
Location: My Garden in Fort Worth, TX
Date: 2022-04-19
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Location: My Garden in Fort Worth, TX
Date: 2020-04-11
Location: Santa Cruz Mountains, California
Date: 2018-05-26
Prioceless Memories (Tasco
Location: My Garden in Fort Worth, TX
Date: 2020-04-11
Location: Whitesboro, TX
Date: 2018-05-17
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Location: Catheys Valley CA
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