Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Tom Burseen
Year Of Registration: 1991
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1993
Seedling Number: 8-381A
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 36 inches (91 cm)
Bloom Season: Early Mid
Bloom Color Classification: Wine
Flower Patterns: Bitone
Bloom Color Description: Dark red maroon standards; sooty black maroon falls
Beard Color: Gold
Fragrance: Spicy
Awards: Honorable Mention: 1997

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: 5-259A: (Fresno Calypso x Lady Friend) X 6-174A: (Lady Friend x (Gondolier x Galen))
Child plants: 4 child plants

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Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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Location: Durham, NC
Date: 2020-04-12
Uploaded by Ladylovingdove
Location: southern Oregon
Date: 2014-05-07
Location: Cisco, Tx 
Date: 2021-04-07
Location: Exline's Iris Garden - Berkeley Springs, WV
Date: 2013-05-13
Location: Sussex, UK
Date: early May 2020
Lush velvety falls - delicious.

Photo courtesy of Blue J Iris Used with permission.

Photo courtesy of Williamson Farm Flowers

Photo courtesy of Bluebird Haven Iris Garden

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