Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Bernice Miller
Year Of Registration: 1988
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1988
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 36 inches (91 cm)
Bloom Season: Early Mid
Rebloom
Bloom Color Classification: Wine
Flower Patterns: Bitone
Bloom Color Description: Garnet, scarlet overwash that ages darker

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: Wily Delilah X (Fires of Gehenna x Post Time)
Child plants: 10 child plants

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Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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Location: Western Kentucky
Date: 9 May 2015
Location: Western Kentucky
Date: 2014-05-10
Location: Sass Memorial Iris Garden near Ashland, NE
Date: 2015-05-21
Location: Sass Memorial Iris Garden near Ashland, NE
Date: 2015-05-21
Location: Denver Metro, CO
Date: 2012-05-16
Entire plant.. may have to split these.  These are 3 years old fo
Location: Denver CO Metro
Date: 2011-05-28
Close up of the iris before she opened.
Photo by Skiekitty
Photo by Skiekitty
Location: Denver CO Metro
Date: 2011-05-30
Got this from Evey in 2009, finally bloomed in 2011!
Photo by Skiekitty
Photo by Skiekitty
Photo by Skiekitty

Photo courtesy of Comanche Acres Iris Garden
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