Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Chet Tompkins
Year Of Registration: 1977
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1975
Seedling Number: 72-281
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 45 inches (104 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Mid Late
Late
Very Late
Bloom Color Classification: Purple
White
Flower Patterns: Plicata
Bloom Color Description: Satiny white, broad purple black border
Beard Color: Blue violet

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: From long line of dark plicata sdlgs. inv. Dark Halo, Full Circle, Masked Ball, Dot and Dash, Ribbon Round, Flagship, Roulette, Storm Warning, Easy Street, Gathering Storm, Charmed Circle
Child plants: 19 child plants

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Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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Location: Finksburg, MD. My garden
Date: 2020-05-29
Location: Finksburg, MD. My garden
Date: 2020-05-29
Location: Finksburg, MD. My garden
Date: Introductory description scanned from Fleur de Lis catalog for 1975

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