Botanic Garden >> Gardening > >> Houseplants >> Plants for Details >> Details of the Iris

Superstition Tall Bearded Iris: A Dark, Dramatic Cultivar from 1977

Superstition Tall Bearded Iris

Superstition is a tall bearded iris cultivar hybridized by Schreiner and introduced in 1977. It is renowned for its deeply saturated, near-black purple flowers that add a dramatic, mysterious element to the iris garden.

Plant Details

Family:	Iridaceae (eye-rid-AY-see-ee)
Genus:	Iris (EYE-ris)
Cultivar:	Superstition
Hybridized by:	Schreiner
Registered/Introduced:	1977

Details of the Iris: Immortality Tall Bearded Iris: A Reblooming White Beauty from 1982; Clarence Tall Bearded Iris: A Soft Blue Rebloomer from 1990; Wabash Tall Bearded Iris: A Historic Bicolor from 1936; Tall Bearded Iris 'Breakers': A 1986 Schreiner Classic; Tall Bearded Iris 'Silverado': A 1986 Schreiner Silver Beauty; Tall Bearded Iris 'Vanity': A 1974 Hager Introduction; Tall Bearded Iris 'Dauntless': A Historic 1929 Heirloom Cultivar; Tall Bearded Iris 'Amas': An 1885 Foster Collection; Tall Bearded Iris 'Hemstitched': A 1989 Hager Textural Wonder; Tall Bearded Iris 'Mesmerizer': A 1990 Byers Hypnotic

Garden Articles

Tall Bearded Iris 'Ocelot': A 1997 Ghio Spotted Wonder

Tall Bearded Iris 'Seafarer': A 1948 Butterick Voyage

Tall Bearded Iris 'Swerti': A 1612 Historic Survivor

Tall Bearded Iris 'Acoma': A 1987 Magee Introduction

Tall Bearded Iris 'Bewilderbeast': A 1994 Kasperek Marvel

Tall Bearded Iris 'Buckwheat': A 1988 Byers Introduction

Tall Bearded Iris 'Conjuration': A 1988 Byers Introduction

Plants

Tall Bearded Iris 'Fogbound': A 1997 Keppel Introduction

Tall Bearded Iris 'Jumping': A 2000 Schreiner Introduction

Tall Bearded Iris 'Liaison': A 1986 Ghio Introduction

Tall Bearded Iris 'Rustler': A 1987 Keppel Introduction

Tall Bearded Iris 'Sambuca': A 2001 L. Johnson Introduction

Tall Bearded Iris 'Thornbird': A 1988 Byers Introduction

Tall Bearded Iris 'Zandria': A 1995 Nebeker Introduction