Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Schreiner
Year Of Registration: 1972
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1973
Seedling Number: C 436-1
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 35 inches (89 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Flower Form: Tailored
Bloom Color Classification: Wine
Flower Patterns: Self
Bloom Color Description: Dark red
Beard Color: Dark red
Awards: Honorable Mention: 1974
Award of Merit: 1976

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: sdlg X Fireball
Child plants: 37 child plants

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Location: Durham, NC
Date: 2017-05-04
In full sun.

Spartan
Location: Durham, Arkansas
Date: 2022-05-10
Location: My Garden, Ontario, Canada
Date: 2016-06-06
Location: Michigan-my garden
Date: 2024-05-22
Location: My backyard in Allentown, PA
Date: 2017-05-19
Spartan scores a tripple on 19 May 2017.
Location: Durham, Arkansas
Location: My backyard in Allentown, PA
Date: 28 May 2016
Close-up at high noon on a hot 28 May 2016.
Location: West Jefferson, North Carolina
Date: 2024-05-18
Location: My backyard in Allentown, PA
Date: 24 May 2016
Spartan's first flower on this stem on 21 May 2016.
Location: Northern Germany
Date: 2023-06-04
Location: Northern Germany
Date: 2008-05-29
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Location: Northern Germany
Date: 2004-09-09
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Location: My garden in southeast Nebraska
Date: 2011-05-17
Location: north bed
Date: 2020-05-21
overcast
Location: north bed
Date: 2020-05-21
overcast
Location: Botanical Garden of Moscow State University
Date: June
credit: Andrey Korzun

Date: 2014-05-23
beard
Location: Cisco, Tx 
Date: 2020-04-27
Location: My garden in southeast Nebraska
Date: 2010-05-25
Location: My garden in southeast Nebraska
Date: 2012-05-03
Location: My garden in southeast Nebraska
Date: 2012-05-03
Location: Northern Germany
Date: 2014-06-04

Photo courtesy of Blue J Iris. Used with permission.
Location: north bed
Date: 2018-05-23
oregon
Location: north bed
Date: 2018-05-23
oregon
Location: north bed
Date: 2018-05-23
oregon
Location: north bed
Date: 2018-05-23
oregon

Photo Courtesy of Te Sligte Gardens. Used with Permission
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Location: Northern Germany
Date: 2002-11-03
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Location: Northern Germany
Date: 2002-11-01
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