Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Anton Mego
Year Of Registration: 2020
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2021
Seedling Number: AM-14/6095-2
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 36 inches (91 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Mid Late
Late
Bloom Color Description: Amethyst violet standards, greyed yellow influence; yellow falls, darker at edge, wide wisteria blue blaze extending down from beards
Beard Color: Yellow orange, large pale yellow flounce, wisteria blue on underside
Space Age Beard Appendages: Horns
Style Arm Color: Amethyst violet, yellow crests
Fragrance: Slight
Spicy

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: Floating Feather X AM-10/4288-1: (AM-08/3268-1: (Rohatec x (Mascara x Tassal of Horns)) x AM-05/2052-3: (AM-99/0417-1: (AM-96/0185-1: (Conjuration x Honky Tonk Blues) x Titvan) x Magic Lamp))

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Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

Photo Gallery
Location: East facing garden zone 6b
Date: June 8, 2023
Space age horns/flounces showing in this pic

Date: 2024-05-14
Location: East facing garden zone 6b
Date: June 7, 2023
Maiden bloom, doesn't match catalog pic but I was assured this is
Location: East facing garden zone 6b
Date: June 7, 2023
Maiden stalks, nice color and form. Slow increasing and sporadic

Photo courtesy of Sutton's Iris Gardens
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