Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Richard Tasco
Year Of Registration: 2001
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2002
Seedling Number: 96-TB-06-02
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 35 inches (89 cm)
Bloom Season: Early Mid
Flower Form: Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Violet
White
Flower Patterns: Plicata
Bloom Color Description: Light grape standards; white ground falls with wide dark grape plicata band
Beard Color: Violet, yellow in throat
Style Arm Color: Grape, edged tan
Foliage: Purple Based
Fragrance: Pronounced
Sweet
Awards: Honorable Mention: 2004
Award of Merit: 2006

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: Splashacata X Change of Pace
Child plants: 6 child plants

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Common names
  • Iris
  • Tall Bearded Iris

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Location: Garland, TX
Date: 2017-03-27
Location: Santa Cruz Mountains, California
Date: 2018-04-15
Broadband (Tasco '02)
Location: Jacksonville, TX
Date: 2014-04-12
Location: My Garden in Janesville, WI
Date: 2019-06-01
Location: My Gardens
Date: May 27, 2014
Good Performance Iris
Location: My Garden in Janesville, WI
Date: 2020-05-30
Location: Garland, TX
Date: 2017-03-27
Location: My Gardens
Date: May 26, 2014
In Early Sunlight
Location: Michigan-my garden
Date: May 29, 2022
Location: Cisco, Tx 
Date: 2021-04-12
Location: Whitesboro, TX
Image courtesy of The Shady Spot Iris. All rights reserved.
Location: My Gardens
Date: Wednesday, May 20, 2015
In Overcast Weather
Uploaded by iciris
Location: Southeast Nebraska
Date: 2014-05-24

Photeo 5/10/10
Location: www.dasIrisFeld.ch in Oetlishausen, Switzerland - photo by Sharlene Sutter
Date: 2023-05-19
Location: Jacksonville, TX
Date: 2014-04-19
Location: Schreiner's Garden
Date: 2011-05-20
Location: Jacksonville, TX
Date: 2014-04-12
Location: Catheys Valley Californi
Photo courtesy of Superstition Iris Gardens, posted with permissi
Location: My property in Idaho
Date: 2024-05-14
Location: Pfister Garden, Lincoln, Nebraska
Date: 2011-05-12

Date: 2014-04-14
  • Uploaded by jon

Date: 2019-05-04

Date: 2014-04-26
  • Uploaded by jon

Date: 2014-04-26
  • Uploaded by jon

Photo courtesy of Rainbow Iris Farm
Location: Detroit Zoo Iris Garden 2014
Date: 2014-05-25
Photo courtesy of: Maia C

Photo courtesy of Blue J Iris Used with permission.
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