Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Thomas Johnson
Year Of Registration: 2014
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2014
Seedling Number: TC73B
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 38 inches (97 cm)
Bloom Season: Early
Flower Form: Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Violet
White
Flower Patterns: Line and Speckles
Bloom Color Description: White standards, slight orange flush at base, orange gold wire rim; white falls, orange veined shoulders and edge around large violet purple washed falls
Beard Color: Bright orange
Style Arm Color: White
Fragrance: Sweet
Awards: Honorable Mention: 2017

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: TX76CC: ((Notorious x Goldkist) x Whispering Spirits) X Dinner Talk
Child plants: one child plant

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Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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Location: Photo by Carol Bacskai; zone 5b, Yorkville, IL
Date: 2022-06-05
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Date: 2018-05-11
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Date: 2018-05-09
Having a Party (Johnson '14)
Location: Keith Keppel's Garden
Date: 2015-05-14
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Date: 2023-05-25
Location: Photo by Carol Bacskai; zone 5b, Yorkville, IL
Date: 2022-06-01
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Date: June 2022
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Date: 2020
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Date: 2024-05-26

Date: 2014-05-23
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Date: 2015-05-14

Image courtesy of Iris City Gardens
Location: Keith Keppel Iris Garden, Salem, Oregon
Date: 2015-05-22
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