■(SDB) 'Black Lightning'

2009, Chapman

'Black Lightning' ( Chuck Chapman, R. 2009). Seedling 02-043-1. SDB, 14.5" (37 cm), Midseason bloom. Standards, style arms and falls dark purple-black; beards violet; ruffled; slight sweet fragrance. 'Ruby Eruption' X seedling 91-064-4: ('Chubby Cheeks' x seedling 87-32-09: ('Velvet Caper' x 'Michael Paul')). Chapman 2009. Honorable Mention 2013; Award of Merit 2016.

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Hybridizer's Comment: A gorgeous and hardy ruffled black iris with a contrasting violet beard. It has four flowers per stalk and remains in bloom for a long time. It has put up extra flower stalks in July, like its pod parent Ruby Eruption, but not enough for me to be sure it will rebloom regularly. Some more southerly growers will need to try this and let us know if it is a rebloomer. A far better grower then other black SDB that have been tried here. Quickly forms clumps. It appears to have four plicata genes, is spite of it's solid black colour. Slightly sweet fragrance.

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-- EleanorHutchison - 2010-02-03