Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Frank Jones
Year Of Registration: 1986
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1986
Seedling Number: J81-86
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 28 inches (71 cm)
Bloom Season: Early
Rebloom
Flower Form: Tailored
Bloom Color Classification: Violet
Flower Patterns: Bitone
Bloom Color Description: Dark spectrum violet standards; dark purple falls
Beard Color: White, tipped orange
Fragrance: Slight
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: J75-14: (Emma Louisa x J72-143) X Violet Supreme
Child plants: 3 child plants

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Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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Location: Las Cruces, NM
Date: 2017-10-20
Tall Bearded Iris Autumn Bugler
Location: Las Cruces, NM
Date: 2017-04-16
Tall Bearded Iris Autumn Bugler
Location: Sass Memorial Garden near Ashland, Nebraska
Date: 2011-05-12
Location: Sass Memorial Garden near Ashland, Nebraska
Date: 2011-05-12

Photo courtesy of Blue J Iris. Used with permission.
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Photo courtesy of Blue J Iris Used with permission.
Location: Missouri
Date: 2008-05-17

Photo courtesy of Rainbow Iris Farm
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