Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Riley Probst
Year Of Registration: 2005
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2005
Seedling Number: 93WRX16PQ1
Classification: Miniature Tall Bearded (MTB)
Registered Height: 25 inches (64 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid Late
Bloom Color Classification: Wine
Yellow
Flower Patterns: Variegata
Bloom Color Description: Yellow standards; creamy white falls vividly veined and washed plum purple 3/4 of way down, slight gold rim
Beard Color: Yellow
Style Arm Color: Yellow
Fragrance: Slight
Sweet
Awards: Honorable Mention: 2007
Award of Merit: 2009
Williamson-White Medal: 2012

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: Diploid
Parentage: Welch's Reward X Pretty Quirky
Child plants: 7 child plants

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Common names
  • Iris
  • Miniature Tall Bearded Iris

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Location: Hamilton Square Garden, Historic City Cemetery, Sacramento CA.
Date: 2016-04-09
Zone 9b.
Location: Hamilton Square Garden, Historic City Cemetery, Sacramento CA.
Date: 2016-03-31
Zone 9b.
Location: Frannie's Iris Garden, Elk Grove, CA
Date: 2013-05-06
Location: McPherson KS
Date: 2023-05-13
Location: Hamilton Square Garden, Historic City Cemetery, Sacramento CA.
Date: 2016-06-03
Zone 9b. Surprise late bloom/re-bloom?
Photo by Onewish1

Photo courtesy of Stout Gardens
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plum quirky by irises Apr 11, 2019 7:51 PM 3

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