Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Paul Black
Year Of Registration: 2006
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2006
Seedling Number: J356K
Classification: Standard Dwarf Bearded (SDB)
Registered Height: 12 inches (30 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid Late
Bloom Color Classification: Pink
Flower Patterns: Plicata
Bloom Color Description: Medium hot pink standards; medium hot pink falls slightly lighter than standards, cocoa pink veins on haft, plicata sanded hot pink between
Beard Color: White, tipped hot coral pink
Style Arm Color: Hot pink
Fragrance: Slight
Musky
Awards: Honorable Mention: 2008
Award of Merit: 2011

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: E51AA: (Chanted x C137A: ((85-436A: (Apricot Elf x Pet) x 88-267A: (85-418A: (Caesura x 83-178A: (Betsey Boo x 80-14: (Antique Satin x Encanto))) x 84207A: (Gigglepot x Oriental Blush))) x 91-324C: (85-306B: (Apricot Elf x 83-129A: (Melon Honey x unknown)) x 89255A: ((((Buckwheat Honey x Sundance Kid) x (Buckwheat Honey x Sundance Kid)) x (Pulse Rate x Mister Roberts)) x ((Oriental Blush x Sniffs 'n' Sneezes) x Pet))))) X E119BB: (Hot Jazz x C136B: (91-273D: ((826C: (Melon Honey x Velvet Pride) x 83144A: (Melon Honey x Soft Air)) x Tricks) x A151B: (Tweety Bird x B330A: ((87132CC: (Chubby Cheeks x Catani) x 826C: (Melon Honey x Velvet Pride) x 83144A: (Melon Honey x Soft Air)) x Wacko))))
Child plants: 24 child plants

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Common names
  • Standard Dwarf Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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Date: 2015-04-18
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Date: 2015-06-06
Location: My garden, Zaporizhzhya region Zone: 6a 
Date: 2023-05-05

Forms a nice clump in just a couple years.
Location: Lucketts, Loudoun County, Virginia
Date: 2015-05-10
Photo by tveguy3

Date: 2012-04-22
Photo by Paul2032
Location: Pleasant Grove, Utah
Date: 2012-04-22
In my garden
Location: Pleasant Grove, Utah
Date: 2012-04-22
In my garden...a quality pink

Date: 2015-05-05
Location: My Garden
Date: 2015-06-03
Photo by tveguy3
Location: My garden in southeast Nebraska
Date: 2014-04-26
Location: Willamette Valley Oregon
Date: 2014-04-06
Location: Willamette Valley Oregon
Date: 2014-04-06
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Date: 2014-04-06
Location: My Garden
Date: 2014-06-02
Location: Pleasant Grove, Utah
Date: 2012-04-22
In my garden
Location: Pleasant Grove, Utah
Date: 2012-04-22
In my garden

Photo courtesy of Iris City Gardens
Location: My garden in southeast Nebraska
Date: 2014-04-26
Photo by stilldew
Location: Mid-America Garden
Date: 2016-04-11
Photo by Paul2032
Location: Pleasant Grove, Utah
Date: 2012-04-22
In my garden

Date: 2013-05-04
Location: Lucketts, Loudoun County, Virginia
Date: 2015-05-10
Photo by stilldew
Comments:
  • Posted by KentPfeiffer (Southeast Nebraska - Zone 5b) on Mar 2, 2015 7:43 PM concerning plant:
    BRIGHT pink flowers. Blooms heavily, but the flowers tend to sit down in the foliage a bit so I haven't been able to get a very good picture of it, yet.
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