Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: John Van Hook
Year Of Registration: 2014
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2015
Seedling Number: 0-14-V-12
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 36 inches (91 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Flower Form: Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Blue
White
Flower Patterns: Emma Cook
Bloom Color Description: White standards; white falls, wide brushed violet blue band
Beard Color: White, tips tangerine yellow
Style Arm Color: White, blue violet edge
Fragrance: Slight
Awards: Honorable Mention: 2018

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: Queen's Circle X Restless Heart

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Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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Location: Garland, TX
Date: 2020-04-09
Location: Somerset KY
Photo courtesy of John Van Hook, posted with permission.
Location: Aitken's Salmon Creek Gardens, Vancouver, Washington
Date: 2015-05-23
AIS National Convention, Portland, OR--Iris in Wonderland 2015
Location: Schreiner's Gardens near Salem, OR
Date: 2015-05-14

Date: 2015-05-11
Location: Garland, TX
Date: 2020-04-17
Location: Garland, TX
Date: 2020-04-09
Location: Garland, TX
Date: 2020-04-08
Location: Mt. Pleasant Iris Farm
Date: 2015-05-21
Uploaded by coboro
Location: Mt. Pleasant Iris in WA
Date: 2015-05-13
Location: Catheys Valley CA
Photo courtesy of Superstition Iris Gardens, posted with permissi
Uploaded by coboro
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Comments:
  • Posted by Marilyn (Kentucky - Zone 6a) on Jul 4, 2015 12:40 AM concerning plant:
    When I saw a beautiful Iris pic here at ATP that was named 'Wildcat Madness', I knew that the hybridizer had to live in Kentucky. I've only lived in Kentucky since the summer of 1996, but it is truly Wildcat madness here in the state, because of the University of Kentucky Wildcats that are in Lexington.

    The hybridizer John Van Hook, lives in Somerset, Kentucky. I don't grow any Irises at this time, but if I did, this would certainly have a spot in my garden.

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