Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Schreiner
Year Of Registration: 2000
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2000
Seedling Number: EE 134-4
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 37 inches (94 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Bloom Color Classification: Black
Flower Patterns: Bitone
Bloom Color Description: Dark purple black
Beard Color: Purple black
Awards: Honorable Mention: 2002
Award of Merit: 2004

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
Underground structures: Rhizome
Propagation: Seeds: Will not come true from seed
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Ploidy: Tetraploid
Parentage: Around Midnight X Hello Darkness
Child plants: 13 child plants

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Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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Location: Oxfordshire, England
Date: 2019-06-13
holding up well after storms and rain
Location: Oxfordshire, England
Date: 2018-06-10
wonderfully intense colour
Location: Iowa
Date: 2012-05-10
Location: Cawston, BC
Date: 2022-10-28
From Hillside Irises
Location: southeast Nebraska 
Date: 2022-05-27
First flower ever
Location: Ljubljana, Slovenia
Date: 2021-05-29
Location: Poilly-Lez-Gien France
 "Photo courtesy of Cayeux Iris. Used with permission."
Location: My Garden in PA
Date: 2021-05-22
Location: Michigan-my garden
Date: Spring 2021
Location: Ljubljana, Slovenia
Date: 2021-05-29
Location: RavenCroft Cottage
Date: 2018-06-01
Location: Iowa
Date: 2012-05-15
Location: Lathrop mo
Date: 2021-05-24
Ghost Train
Location: Botanical Garden of Moscow State University
Date: June
credit: Andrey Korzun
Location: Ljubljana, Slovenia
Date: 2021-05-29
Location: RavenCroft Cottage
Date: 2018-06-01

Photo courtesy of Blue J Iris Used with permission.
Location: RavenCroft Cottage
Date: 2018-06-01

Photo courtesy of Blue J Iris. Used with permission.
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