Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Barry Blyth
Year Of Registration: 2004
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2004
Seedling Number: J57-2
Classification: Standard Dwarf Bearded (SDB)
Registered Height: 14 inches (36 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Flower Form: Ruffled
Flared
Bloom Color Classification: Lavender
Silver/Grey
Wine
Bloom Color Description: Greyed lavender standards, light olive infusion towards top; grey lavender falls, faint 1/8" olive edge, light burgundy crescent spot coming about halfway down over falls
Beard Color: White, tipped lavender on outer half, yellow gold in throat
Fragrance: Slight
Sweet

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
Fragrant
Underground structures: Rhizome
Propagation: Seeds: Will not come true from seed
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Ploidy: Amphidiploid
Parentage: Terse Verse X Pilgrims' Choice
Child plants: 19 child plants

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Common names
  • Standard Dwarf Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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Date: 2022-05-03
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Date: 2013-06-07
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Date: 2013-06-07
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Date: 2018-05-04
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