Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Donald Spoon
Year Of Registration: 2014
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2015
Seedling Number: 2005-644MS
Classification: Standard Dwarf Bearded (SDB)
Registered Height: 12 inches (30 cm)
Bloom Season: Early
Early Mid
Mid
Mid Late
Late
Bloom Color Classification: Green
Violet
Bloom Color Description: Violet blue standards, darker violet edge at base and claws; violet blue falls, olive spots and olive undersides, darker violet blue haft veins
Beard Color: Dark violet, cream white tipped bronze deep in throat
Style Arm Color: Violet blue, violet edges and stigmatic lips
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: Muppet Madness X 2001-27A: (Rainbow Rim x Acey Deucey)

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Common names
  • Standard Dwarf Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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Location: Photo by Carol Bacskai; zone 5b, Yorkville, IL
Date: 2023-04-28
Location: Maryville,TN
Date: 2023-10-22
Location: Photo by Carol Bacskai; zone 5b, Yorkville, IL
Date: 2023-05-10
Location: Photo by Carol Bacskai; zone 5b, Yorkville, IL
Date: 2023-04-28
Location: Durham, Arkansas
Date: 2022-04-24
First Bloom of the year!!!
Location: East facing garden zone 6b
Date: April 2024
Maiden bloom. Survived two freezes and this stalk kept nicely. Lo
Location: Photo by Carol Bacskai; zone 5b, Yorkville, IL
Date: 2022-05-14
Location: Cross Junction, VA
Photo courtesy of Winterberry Iris Gardens
Location: Maryville,TN
Date: 2024-04-02
Location: Durham, Arkansas
Date: 2022-04-24
Muppets Sister
Location: Maryville,TN
Date: 2024-04-02
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