Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Bernard Laporte
Year Of Registration: 2021
Seedling Number: BB132-01
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 43 inches (109 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Bloom Color Description: Dark pink purple standards; very dark purple red falls blending into dark purple red border
Beard Color: Orange bronze in throat, bronze in middle, violet at end tipped bronze
Style Arm Color: Dark pink purple
Fragrance: 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
Parentage: Blyth T136-1: (Stop Flirting x Prince of Hearts) X Blyth V249-2: (T154-3, French Butterfly pollen parent, x S262-B: (Another Woman x O303-A: (L304-I: (F174-4: (Man About Town x Island Dancer) x Fogbound) x M31-1: (Wearing Rubies x Ennoble))))

Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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