Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Keith Keppel
Year Of Registration: 2005
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2006
Seedling Number: 99-24G
Classification: Standard Dwarf Bearded (SDB)
Registered Height: 14 inches (36 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Bloom Color Classification: Tan
Lavender
White
Yellow
Flower Patterns: Plicata
Bloom Color Description: Light ecru tan standards flushed lavender; lavender blue falls shading to chartreuse yellow edge and slightly deeper hafts, fine hazel and white haft reticulations
Beard Color: Cream, tipped light yellow at end, bronze in throat
Style Arm Color: Lavender, crests pineapple

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: 97-24B: (Easter x Chantilly Dancer) X Brash
Child plants: 12 child plants

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Common names
  • Iris
  • Standard Dwarf Bearded Iris

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Location: Photo by Carol Bacskai; zone 5b, Yorkville, IL
Date: 2022-05-14
Location: Durham, NC
Date: 2017-04-16
Location: My Garden in Janesville, WI
Date: 2017-05-09
Location: My Garden in Janesville, WI
Date: 2016-05-11
Location: Oxfordshire, England
Date: 2019-05-06
Location: My Garden in Janesville, WI
Date: 2015-05-06
Location: Tawas Michigan under the Pines
Location: East facing garden zone 6a
Date: May 15, 2023
Maiden bloom on rhizome planted 2022, happy with the color and fo
Location: Northern Germany
Date: 2015-05-19
Location: My Garden in Janesville, WI
Date: 2015-05-06
Location: From my collection. Poland.
Date: 2022-05-20
Location: Yorkville, IL
Date: 2020-05-19
Location: Chino Valley Arizona
Date: 2021-04-15
Location: Northern Germany
Date: 2022-05-18
Location: My Garden in Janesville, WI
Date: 2015-05-06
Location: Las Cruces, NM
Date: 2021-04-30
SDB Iris Overcast
Location: Vancouver, BC, Canada
Date: 2022-05-20
Iris 'Overcast'
Location: Northern Germany
Date: 2002-11-01
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Location: Tawas Michigan under the Pines
Location: Dayton,KY
Date: 4/30/13
Location: In my garden. Poland.
Location: From my garden. Poland.
Location: Northern Germany
Date: 2002-11-01
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