Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Tom Burseen
Year Of Registration: 2015
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2016
Seedling Number: 12-468A
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 35 inches (89 cm)
Bloom Season: Late
Flower Form: Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Black
Tan
Flower Patterns: Bicolor
Bloom Color Description: Honeysuckle standards, violet blue washed midribs; sooty black falls, slight pansy edges
Beard Color: Squirrel brown
Style Arm Color: Tan, bronze feathered edges, prominent violet blue stigmas

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: 10-577: (08-104: (Red Skies x Trumped) x Reentry) X Keepon Sleepun

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Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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Location: Las Cruces, NM
Date: 2018-05-08
TB Iris Sister's Shades

Date: 2017-04-29

Date: 2017-04-29
Location: Catheys Valley California
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Location: Whitesboro, TX
Image courtesy of The Shady Spot Iris. All rights reserved.
Location: Whitesboro, TX
Image courtesy of The Shady Spot Iris. All rights reserved.

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