Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Paul Black
Year Of Registration: 2002
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2003
Seedling Number: I225I
Classification: Standard Dwarf Bearded (SDB)
Registered Height: 11 inches (28 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Bloom Color Classification: Blue
Flower Patterns: Self
Bloom Color Description: Medium blue, darker blue veining in throat and on hafts
Beard Color: Medium to dark orange, blue white at end, white base
Fragrance: Slight
Musky
Awards: Honorable Mention: 2005
Award of Merit: 2007
Cook-Douglas Medal: 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: Tingle X F176AA: (Pride and Glory x C122K: (87134B: (Chubby Cheeks x 84238F: (Oriental Blush x Sniffs 'n' Sneezes)) x 91273A: ((826C: (Melon Honey x Velvet Pride) x 83144A: (Melon Honey x Soft Air)) x Tricks)))
Child plants: 50 child plants

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Common names
  • Iris
  • Standard Dwarf Bearded Iris

Photo Gallery
Location: my garden, Utah
Date: 2020-04-27
sunset
Location: my garden, Utah
Date: 2022-05-03

Fires of Fiji
Location: Lincoln NE zone 5
Date: 2019-04-25
Location: Chino Valley Arizona
Date: 2022-04-12
Location: San Rafael, CA
Date: 2019-04-07
Location: San Rafael, CA
Date: 2018-04-03
Afternoon shot
Location: In my garden, Lansing, IA
Date: 2023-05-16
Location: Chino Valley Arizona
Date: 2022-04-09
Location: San Rafael, CA
Date: 2018-04-19
Fabulous blue color in late afternoon due to shade from the  Redw
Location: Minnesota 
Date: 2023-05-21
Location: San Rafael, CA
Date: 2018-04-06
Abstract bluish-purple ‘ice’
Location: San Rafael, CA
Date: 2020-04-10
Evening photos enhance the ‘blue appearance’.
Location: San Rafael, CA
Date: 2018-04-03
Early sunrise shot

Date: 2015-05-13
Location: Iowa
Date: 2021-05-13
Location: Iowa
Date: 2021-05-13
Location: my front yard
Date: 2014-05-12
Location: From my  garden. Poland.
Uploaded by Lbsmitty

Fires of Fiji
Location: San Rafael, CA
Date: 2017-03-26 
Our first 'ever' dwarf iris bloom
Location: San Rafael, CA
Date: 2017-03-26

Date: 2014-04-25

Date: 2014-04-25
Uploaded by stilldew
Uploaded by stilldew

Photo courtesy of Rainbow Iris Farm

Date: 2014-04-25
Location: Pleasant Grove, Utah
Date: 2011-05-25

Photo courtesy of Iris City Gardens
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