Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Tom Burseen
Year Of Registration: 2012
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2013
Seedling Number: 09-563A
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 34 inches (86 cm)
Bloom Season: Late
Flower Form: Ruffled
Bloom Color Description: Violet standards, washed tan edges; golden tan falls, heavy red-purple wash most prominent on upper 1/3, blue blaze, white striated hafts
Beard Color: Tan, uplifting purple stag horns feathered gold and cream
Space Age Beard Appendages: Horns
Style Arm Color: Tan dark, purple base

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: 07-116: (02-219: (A-457: (97-1210, see Terra Firma, x 98-676: (Gnus Flash x Rippling River)) x 00-530, see Cranfil's Gap) x 05-472: (03-039: (Nehalem Bay x A-166, see Vegas Bound) x 03-126: (01-129: (99-50: (Thor's Lightning Bolt x Gordan Rules) x 98-331, see Yuppy Puppy) x 00-191: (98-361, see Holy Suicide, x 97-359, see Holy Suicide)))) X 07-76: (05-484: (03-631: (01-200: (97-121: (Tiger Honey x Grand Style) x Messy Jessi) x 01-169: (99-522: (96-192: (Experiencit x Gnu) x 97-452: (94-172: (Citoyen x Magic Kingdom) x Mind's Eye)) x 99-403: (96-189: (Experiencit x Gnu Again) x Romantic Evening))) x Holy Suicide) x 05-226: (Sensationalizer x Sofia))
Child plants: 3 child plants

Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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