Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Schreiner
Year Of Registration: 1981
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1981
Seedling Number: I 755-2
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 34 inches (86 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Mid Late
Flower Form: Tailored
Bloom Color Classification: Wine
Flower Patterns: Self
Bloom Color Description: Cherry red
Beard Color: Cherry red
Foliage: Purple Based
Awards: Honorable Mention: 1983

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: Post Time X G 889-A: (A 970-1 x B 676-1)
Child plants: 21 child plants

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Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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Location: My garden
Date: 2019-05-24
Location: My garden
Date: 2018-05-18
Location: My garden
Date: 2018-05-12
Location: My garden
Date: 2019-05-25
Second year bloom.
Location: My garden
Date: 2018-05-20
Location: My garden
Date: 2019-05-25
My favorite historic red, so far!
Location: My garden
Date: 2019-05-30
Second year, now it is a small clump!
Location: My garden
Date: 2018-05-18
First year bloom.
Location: My garden
Date: 2018-05-12
5-12-2018
Location: My garden
Date: 2019-05-24
Second year bloom.
Uploaded by ge1836
Location: Lincoln NE zone 5
Date: 2014-05-19
Early blooming iris.
Location: all photos from my gardens
Date: 2019-05-07
Location: Weiser, ID
Date: 2015 season
Location: Enid, Oklahoma
Date: 2013-05-14
Location: Weiser, ID
Date: 2015 season
Location: SunZone 6a
Date: 2018-05-30
Sanurai Warrior beard

Date: 2013-05-21

Photo courtesy of Pleasants Valley Iris Farm
  • Uploaded by Joy

Photo courtesy of Blue J Iris. Used with permission.
Location: Nagai Botanical Garden
Date: May
Photo by KENPEI

Photo courtesy of Bluebird Haven Iris Garden
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