Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: John Weiler
Year Of Registration: 1986
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1987
Seedling Number: 81-11-3
Classification: Standard Dwarf Bearded (SDB)
Registered Height: 12 inches (30 cm)
Bloom Season: Early
Early Mid
Mid
Mid Late
Late
Rebloom
Flower Form: Tailored
Bloom Color Classification: Yellow
Bloom Color Description: Light cream yellow, darker yellow spot in center of falls
Beard Color: Blue
Fragrance: Slight
Sweet
Awards: Honorable Mention: 1989

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: Thrice Blessed X Stitch Witch
Child plants: 7 child plants

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Common names
  • Iris
  • Standard Dwarf Bearded Iris

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Those Blue beards! by hampartsum Mar 18, 2021 8:01 PM 1

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