Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Marky Smith
Year Of Registration: 2021
Seedling Number: 19-05
Classification: Intermediate Bearded (IB)
Registered Height: 23 inches (58 cm)
Bloom Season: Early
Early Mid
Flower Form: Ruffled
Bloom Color Description: Very dark violet standards; black falls, slight darkest purple tone at rim, white eyelash on either side of beards
Beard Color: Bright yellow in throat, greyed yellow in middle, dark violet tipped cream yellow at end
Style Arm Color: Very dark violet
Fragrance: Pronounced
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 8b
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Underground structures: Rhizome
Propagation: Seeds: Will not come true from seed
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Ploidy: Unbalanced Tetraploid
Parentage: Black Lipstick X Bumpkin

Common names
  • Intermediate Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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