Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Monty Byers
Year Of Registration: 1985
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1986
Seedling Number: B-34-1
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 36 inches (91 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Mid Late
Late
Bloom Color Classification: Purple
Flower Patterns: Bitone
Bloom Color Description: Blackish purple
Beard Color: Purple, 1" deep purple horns
Space Age Beard Appendages: Horns
Fragrance: Slight
Musky

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: Sky Hooks X Swazi Princess
Child plants: 3 child plants

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Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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Date: May 28, 2017
In Light Sunlight
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Date: 2021-05-23
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Date: May 28, 2017
In Mild Sunlight
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Date: May 25, 2016
Close Up View, Overcast Sky
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Date: May 27, 2016
Close Up View In Overcast
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Date: 2020-05-02
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Finally it bloomed! I planted in 2018.
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Date: June 1, 2013
Very Close View
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Date: June 1, 2013
Moderate Overcast
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Date: June 6, 2008
A Single Bloom
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Date: 2007-05-30
Image courtesy of Blue J Iris

Date: 2007-05-30
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Date: 2015-03-11
Photo courtesy of Bluebird Haven Iris Garden

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