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Hybridizer: Barry Blyth
Year Of Registration: 2006
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2006
Seedling Number: M55-2
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 36 inches (91 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid Late
Flower Form: Bubble Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Peach
Violet
Bloom Color Description: Mushroom standards, slight violet veining at midrib; deep magenta violet falls with heavy near-black veining and 1/4" soft lavender edge
Beard Color: Deep burnt tangerine bronze
Fragrance: Pronounced
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: Decadence X K96-1: (Fogbound x Starring)
Child plants: 12 child plants

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Common names
  • Iris
  • Tall Bearded Iris

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Date: 2012-05-29
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Date: 2016-05-05
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Date: 2012-05-09
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Date: 2012-05-04
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Date: 2012-05-06
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Location: My garden in southeast Nebraska
Date: 2012-05-04

Photo courtesy of Stout Gardens
Location: My garden in southeast Nebraska
Date: 2014-05-20
Location: My garden in southeast Nebraska
Date: 2014-05-23
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