Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Tom Burseen
Year Of Registration: 2021
Seedling Number: 18-199B
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 36 inches (91 cm)
Bloom Season: Early
Early Mid
Mid
Bloom Color Description: Very dark violet standards; very dark violet blue falls, wide dark violet washed edge
Beard Color: Brown in throat, tan in middle, dark violet blue at end
Style Arm Color: Very dark violet
Fragrance: Pronounced
Musky

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: 16-387G: (14-190: (11-157: (09-309: (Notta Lemon x 07-167: (Sammie's Jammies x Enchanter)) x Boundless) x Quite Ahh Sight) x 14-132: (Gypsy Lady x 12-1808: (Burseen 10-583: (Foolish Act x 08-1314: (Red Skies x 06-39: (03-70: (Lush Smush x 00-529: (96-62: (93-495: (Thornbird x 90-67: (87-129: (85-117: (83-329: (Curtain Call x Galen) x Lady Friend) x Gigolo) x 88-463: (86-164: (83-329 x 84-160: (Porta Villa x Risqué)) x 86-17: (84-32: (Holiday Spain x Porta Villa) x Mandolin)))) x Chinese Empress) x 96-63: (Gnu x Egyptian))) x That's All Folks))) x Decked Out))) X 16-211: (14-338: (Hopen fer Rain x 12-513: (10-398: (Beyond Bubbles x 08-489: (Dance Recital x 05-287: (02-14: (Fogbound x A-303, see Different Take) x 03-288: (01-224: (97-273: (Gnu x 94-91: (Cloud Ballet x Deity)) x 99-484, see Materialistic Mama) x 01-167: (Pieces of April x 97-479: (Lackawanna x 95-94: (Deity x 91-345: (Blackout x Inaugural Ball)))))))) x 10-540: (08-537: (Paul Black x 06-23: (Sapphire Halo x Yuppy Puppy)) x Hot Mess))) x 14-411: (Fixin to Fly x 11-161: (Cow Palace x Dewuc Whatic)))

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Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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Location: Las Cruces, NM
Date: 2023-05-01
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