Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Paul Black
Year Of Registration: 2005
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2006
Seedling Number: H40JJ
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 38 inches (97 cm)
Bloom Season: Early Mid
Flower Form: Bubble Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Orchid
Silver/Grey
Wine
Flower Patterns: Blend
Bloom Color Description: Pastel greyed orchid standards, darker at edges; dark red purple fall centers blending to red violet, wide translucent pearl violet margin, white spray around beards
Beard Color: Orange, small violet horn
Space Age Beard Appendages: Horns
Style Arm Color: Buff orchid
Fragrance: Pronounced
Spicy
Awards: Honorable Mention: 2009

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: Off Color Joke X D61AA: (Skyblaze x Tom Johnson)
Child plants: one child plant

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Common names
  • Iris
  • Tall Bearded Iris

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Location: Oxfordshire, England
Date: 2019-06-06
Location: Oxfordshire, England
Date: 2019-06-06
Location: Oxfordshire, England
Date: 2020-05-24
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First year planted
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Date: 2023-06-02
Location: My garden in Western Minnesota
Date: 2022-06-18
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Date: 2022-05-26
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Date: 2024-05-25
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Date: 2013-05-29

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Date: 2023-06-03

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