Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Paul Black
Year Of Registration: 2008
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2008
Seedling Number: M143A
Classification: Intermediate Bearded (IB)
Registered Height: 26 inches (66 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid Late
Flower Form: Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Purple
White
Flower Patterns: Amoena
Bloom Color Description: Icy white standards; medium dark blue purple falls, precise 1/4" white band
Beard Color: White, tipped orange
Style Arm Color: White
Fragrance: Slight
Spicy
Awards: Honorable Mention: 2010
Award of Merit: 2012
Hans and Jacob Sass Medal: 2014
Ben R. Hager Cup: 2011
President's Cup: 2011

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 8b
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Underground structures: Rhizome
Propagation: Seeds: Will not come true from seed
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Ploidy: Unbalanced Tetraploid
Parentage: Q38d: (Sunshine Song x Goldkist) X Devoted

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  • Iris
  • Intermediate Bearded Iris

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Date: 2011-05-27
Uploaded by Paul2032
Uploaded by KentPfeiffer
Location: Garland, TX
Date: 2023-04-19
Location: Durham, NC
Date: 2016-04-25
Location: Michigan-my garden
Date: 2018-05-25
Location: Photo by Carol Bacskai; zone 5b, Yorkville, IL
Date: 2021-05-13

Date: 2021-05-20
Location: In my garden, Middletown, Delaware
Date: 2020-05-05
Location: 6b garden
Date: 05/07/2023
Location: Whitesboro, TX
Image courtesy of The Shady Spot Iris. All rights reserved.
Location: Garland, TX
Date: 2018-04-10
Location: Garland, TX
Date: 2018-04-10
Location: Long Island 
Date: 5/15/2022
Such a beautiful bloom!
Location: Pleasant Grove, Utah
Date: 2011-05-25
Uploaded by Paul2032
Location: Garland, TX
Date: 2018-04-10
Location: Mid-America Gardens near Salem, OR
Date: 2011-05-20
Uploaded by Dachsylady86
Location: Royal Botanical Gardens, Burlington, ON, Canada
Date: 2014-06-05
Location: My garden in Bakersfield, CA
Date: 2012-04-03
Uploaded by Paul2032
Uploaded by Dachsylady86
Location: Superstitions Garden In California
Date: 2012-04-30
Location: Pleasant Grove, Utah
Date: 2011-05-27
With ' Blue Beards Ghost' on right.

Date: 2015-05-16
Location: Catheys Valley CA
Photo courtesy of Superstition Iris Gardens, posted with permissi
Location: Detroit Zoo Iris Garden 2013
Date: 2013-05-29
Photo courtesy of: Maia C

Photo courtesy of Mid-America Garden
Location: Pleasant Grove, Utah
Date: 2011-05-27
Clump

Photo courtesy of Stout Gardens

Date: 2013-05-14

Photo courtesy of Winterberry Iris Gardens
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Beautiful by cocoajuno Jun 13, 2020 12:45 PM 1

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