Searching for a bearded iris to add a touch of mystery to your spring garden? Consider this dusky, robust iris. Its wine-purple standards boast wide ruffles, which are even darker in contrast to the falls and complete the flower's swarthy look. Each well-branched stem produces up to eight buds, providing a bounty of darkly desirable blooms each year. The original hybridizer of this iris named it after his wife, adding a personal touch to its already impressive features.