Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Schreiner
Year Of Registration: 1977
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1977
Seedling Number: I 195-2
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 36 inches (91 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Flower Form: Tailored
Bloom Color Classification: Black
Flower Patterns: Self
Bloom Color Description: Ebony
Beard Color: Blue black
Awards: Honorable Mention: 1978
Award of Merit: 1981

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: D754-1: (V435-1 x Y1560-15) X Navy Strut
Child plants: 75 child plants

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Common names
  • Iris
  • Tall Bearded Iris

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Location: Switzerland, Merian Gardens Basel
Date: 2017-05-20
Location: Gardnerville, Nevada
Date: 2019-07-09
Location: Photo by Carol Bacskai; zone 5b, Yorkville, IL
Date: 2017-05-19
Location: Photo by Carol Bacskai; zone 5b, Yorkville, IL
Date: 2023-05-29

Date: 2010-05-26
Location: Photo by Carol Bacskai; zone 5b, Yorkville, IL
Date: 2022-05-27
Location: West Jefferson, North Carolina
Date: 2023-05-13
Location: Photo by Carol Bacskai; zone 5b, Yorkville, IL
Date: 2015-05-26
Location: Iowa
Date: 2024-05-09
Location: Stokesdale, NC
Date: 2022-05-02
Location: Cowansville, Quebec, Canada
Date: 2019-06-14
Location: My Garden, UK
Location: Tamberg garden, Berlin, Germany
Date: 2022-05-28
Location: Photo by Carol Bacskai; zone 5b, Yorkville, IL
Date: 2017-05-19
Location: Wonthaggi/North , Victoria, Australia
Date: 2021-11-25
Location: Schreiner's Gardens near Salem, OR
Date: 2015-05-14
Location: Photo by Carol Bacskai; zone 5b, Yorkville, IL
Date: 2023-05-28
Location: Northern Germany
Date: 4000-02-04
Location: Home
Date: 2014-05-14
Location: My garden in North Carolina zone 7b
Date: 2024-04-22
Uploaded by pinkiris
Location: Zone 5
Date: 2012-22-05
Location: East Tennessee
Date: 2014
Location: Sacramento, CA
Date: 2019-04-24
First year growing this cultivar
Location: Northern Germany
Date: 2004-09-06
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Location: Northern Germany
Date: 2002-11-01
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Location: San Diego, CA
Date: 2016-06-26
dark purple, almost black with less intense illumination
Location: RHS Wisley, UK.
Location: RHS Wisley, UK.
Location: San Diego, CA
Date: 2018-06-13
Location: West Jefferson, North Carolina
Date: 2024-05-13

Photo courtesy of Bluebird Haven Iris Garden
Location: Home
Date: 2014-05-16
Intense dramatic color
Location: Mebourne, Australia
Date: 2013-11-17
Uploaded by pinkiris
Location: Wilhoit, AZ
Date: 2023
Location: SunZone 6a
Date: 2013-06-03
Location: SunZone 6a
Date: 2013-06-03
Uploaded by CLUSIANA
Uploaded by CLUSIANA
Uploaded by pinkiris
Location: all photos from my garden
Date: 2015-06-13
Location: Poilly-Lez-Gien France
"Photo courtesy of Cayeux Iris. Used with permission."

Photo courtesy of Blue J Iris. Used with permission.

Photo Courtesy of Te Sligte Gardens. Used with Permission
  • Uploaded by Joy
Location: my front yard
Date: 2010-05-21
Location: my front yard
Date: 2010-05-21
Location: my front yard
Date: 2012-05-11

Date: 2024-06-01
  • Uploaded by Rag
Location: RHS Wisley, UK.
Location: Botanical Garden of Moscow State University
Date: June
credit: Andrey Korzun

Date: 2008-06-08
  • Uploaded by psa
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