Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: George Sutton
Year Of Registration: 2005
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2006
Seedling Number: P-14
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 36 inches (91 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid Late
Bloom Color Classification: Blue
Violet
Wine
Flower Patterns: Blend
Bloom Color Description: Pansy standards; red violet falls veined violet pink, electric blue belly stripe, mustard inner rim and pink violet outer edge
Beard Color: Pansy, tipped mustard
Style Arm Color: Pansy
Fragrance: Slight
Sweet

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: Bye Bye Blackbird X Eagle Control
Child plants: one child plant

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Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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Location: Photo by Carol Bacskai; zone 5b, Yorkville, IL
Date: 2024-05-12
Location: Russia, Krasnodarskij Kraj
Date: 2018-05-17
Location: Cottonwood, CA
Date: 2022-04-27
Location: My garden
Date: 2019-05-25
Location: Russia, Krasnodarskij Kraj
Date: 2019-05-20
Location: Tennessee
Date: April 30, 2019
Location: Photo by Carol Bacskai; zone 5b, Yorkville, IL
Date: 2023-05-21
Location: Russia, Krasnodarskij Kraj
Date: 2018-05-21
Location: My garden
Date: 2022-05-18
Comic Opera
Location: Home
Location: My garden
Date: May 20, 2022 • 1:37 PM
Comic Opera  G. Sutton 2005
Location: Russia, Krasnodarskij Kraj
Date: 2020-05-15
Location: My garden
Date: June 6, 2020
Long blooming.....
Location: My garden
Date: 2019-05-30
Backlit by bright sunshine.
Location: My garden, Somerset, CA
Date: 2020-06-07
In full sun.
Location: Las Cruces, NM
Date: 2017-04-23
Tall Bearded Iris Comic Opera
Location: My garden
Date: 2020-05-17
Holds up well in the rain.
Uploaded by GreenIris
Location: Gretje's Garden,  Cottonwood CA
Date: 2024-05-01
Location: My garden
Date: 2019-05-25
First year bloom. Also bloomed short.
Location: Home
Location: My garden
Date: 2020-05-23
Location: My garden
Date: 2020-05-23
Location: My garden
Date: May 20, 2022 • 1:37 PM
Comic Opera  G. Sutton 2005
Location: Home
Date: 2014-05-17
Location: Yorkville, IL
Date: 2020-06-01
Location: My garden
Date: 2022-05-18
No 2 pictures alike!
Location: Cisco, Tx 
Date: 2020-04-21

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dragonfetti On April 18, 2015 Obtained plant
I.R.I.S. Inland Region Iris Society sale; potted plant; $8.00; LLO
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