Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Donald Spoon
Year Of Registration: 2015
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2016
Seedling Number: 2012-17BLGRN
Classification: Standard Dwarf Bearded (SDB)
Registered Height: 11 inches (28 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid Late
Bloom Color Classification: Green
Light blue
White
Bloom Color Description: Pure white standards; style arms same; pure white falls, unique blue green spot, white spike below beards, yellow green veins, yellow green shoulders
Beard Color: White, tipped orange
Style Arm Color: Pure white, light blue green midribs

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: Blue Ray X Blues Clues

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Common names
  • Standard Dwarf Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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Location: Las Cruces, NM
Date: April 2022
SDB Iris Aqua
Uploaded by grannysgarden
Location: Las Cruces, NM
Date: 2018-03-20
SDB Iris Aqua
Uploaded by grannysgarden
Location: Las Cruces, NM
Date: 2017-03-18
SDB Iris Aqua
Location: Piketon, OH
Date: 2020-04-12
Location: My garden near Houghton Lake, MI
Date: 2022-05-15
Aqua
Location: Cross Junction, VA
Photo courtesy of Winterberry Iris Gardens

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