Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Vernon & Dana Brown
Year Of Registration: 2005
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2005
Seedling Number: 98-33-4
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 34 inches (86 cm)
Bloom Season: Early Mid
Bloom Color Description: Clear bishop's purple standards, blue highlights in sunshine; velvety blackish purple falls, white venation on hafts and around beards
Beard Color: Beige at end, purple tipped gold in middle, tipped orange in throat
Style Arm Color: Bishop's purple midrib shading paler to edge
Fragrance: Pronounced
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: Local Color X Old Black Magic

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  • Tall Bearded Iris
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Location: East Tennessee
Date: 2018-05-11
Location: East Tennessee
Date: 2018-05-11
Location: East Tennessee
Date: 2018-05-10
Location: East Tennessee
Date: 2018-05-10

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