Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Marky Smith
Year Of Registration: 2017
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2019
Seedling Number: 12-17M
Classification: Intermediate Bearded (IB)
Registered Height: 26 inches (66 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Mid Late
Flower Form: Ruffled
Bloom Color Description: Old brass gold standards; very dark red black falls, bronze feathers around beards
Beard Color: Hot yellow orange in throat, golden in middle, tipped dull gold at end
Style Arm Color: Old brass gold, lavender midrib
Fragrance: Pronounced
Spicy
Awards: Honorable Mention: 2023

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: Dark Matter X Reckless Abandon

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Common names
  • Intermediate Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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Location: Garland, TX
Date: 2023-04-10
Location: Keith Keppel's garden, Salem, OR
Date: 10 may 2019
photo taken late morning in full sun
Location: southeast Nebraska 
Date: 2023-05-20
A dust-covered bloom on first year plant.

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