Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Don Denney
Year Of Registration: 1981
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1981
Seedling Number: D74-62
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 36 inches (91 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Bloom Color Classification: Wine
Flower Patterns: Bitone
Bloom Color Description: Smooth red black
Beard Color: Smooth red black
Awards: Honorable Mention: 1983
Award of Merit: 1986

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: Manuel X Royal Trumpeter
Child plants: 8 child plants

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Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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Location: My garden
Date: May 2013
Spectacular Bid TB
Location: north bed
Date: 2018-05-27
sunny
Location: north bed
Date: 2018-05-27
sunny

Photo courtesy of Blue J Iris. Used with permission.
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Photo courtesy of Blue J Iris. Used with permission.
Location: north bed
Date: 2018-05-27
sunny
Location: north bed
Date: 2018-05-27
sunny

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