Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: O. D. Niswonger
Year Of Registration: 1996
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1997
Seedling Number: SDB 1-95
Classification: Standard Dwarf Bearded (SDB)
Registered Height: 12 inches (31 cm)
Bloom Season: Early Mid
Bloom Color Classification: Peach
Flower Patterns: Bitone
Bloom Color Description: Pink standards; cocoa pink falls
Beard Color: Blue, tangerine in throat
Style Arm Color: Pink
Awards: Honorable Mention: 2000

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: Candy Queen X Chanted
Child plants: 7 child plants

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Date: 2021-05-12

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Date: April 25, 2006
Profile Of Single Bloom
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Date: 2021-05-06
Location: Russia, Krasnodarskij Kraj
Date: 2021-05-03
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Location: My garden, Zaporizhzhya region Zone: 6a 
Date: 2024-04-14
Location: My Gardens
Date: April 24, 2006
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Location: my front yard
Date: 2012-04-24
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Cocoa Pink (D. Niswonger)

Date: 2014-03-19

Date: 2014-03-19
Location: In my Northern California garden
Date: 2012-04-20
Location: my front yard
Date: 2012-04-24
Location: Willamette Valley Oregon
Date: April 2007

Date: 2013-04-10
Location: From my collection. Poland.
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