Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Paul Black
Year Of Registration: 2011
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2011
Seedling Number: P142D
Classification: Standard Dwarf Bearded (SDB)
Registered Height: 15 inches (38 cm)
Bloom Season: Early Mid
Flower Form: Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Light blue
Bloom Color Description: Medium light blue standards, darker blue texture veins; medium violet blue falls shaded to medium blue margin, light blue rays beside beards, brassy plum veins in throat
Beard Color: Light tangerine in throat, white tipped tangerine in middle, white at end
Style Arm Color: Light violet, medium blue crests and midrib

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 8b
Flowers: Showy
Underground structures: Rhizome
Propagation: Seeds: Will not come true from seed
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Ploidy: Amphidiploid
Parentage: Canadian Kisses X Fires of Fiji
Child plants: 3 child plants

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Common names
  • Standard Dwarf Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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