Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Walt Dean
Year Of Registration: 1996
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1998
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 30-32 inches (76-81 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Bloom Color Classification: Violet
Flower Patterns: Self
Bloom Color Description: Purple
Beard Color: Orange, forked at tip and confined to throat area, continuing as white membranous fall attachment, spear-shaped and extending 2/3 length of fall, ending in small purple horn at spear tip
Space Age Beard Appendages: Horns
Style Arm Color: White, purple tip and midrib
Fragrance: Slight
Musky
Awards: Honorable Mention: 2000

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: Trick or Treat X Too Many Flounces
Child plants: 14 child plants

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Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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Location: Photo by Carol Bacskai; zone 5b, Yorkville, IL
Date: 2022-06-12
Location: Photo by Carol Bacskai; zone 5b, Yorkville, IL
Date: 2022-06-08
Location: My Garden, Arvada, Colorado
Date: June
purchased at Iris4u in Denver

Photo courtesy of Blue J Iris. Used with permission.

Photo courtesy of Blue J Iris. Used with permission.
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