Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: George Sutton
Year Of Registration: 2007
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2008
Seedling Number: Q-141-A
Classification: Standard Dwarf Bearded (SDB)
Registered Height: 12 inches (30 cm)
Bloom Season: Early
Early Mid
Mid
Mid Late
Late
Flower Form: Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Light blue
Bloom Color Description: Mazarine blue
Beard Color: Mazarine blue
Style Arm Color: Mazarine blue
Fragrance: Slight
Sweet

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: Blue Rill X Sigh
Child plants: one child plant

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Common names
  • Iris
  • Standard Dwarf Bearded Iris

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Location: Garland, TX
Date: 2021-04-02
Location: my garden, Utah
Date: 2021-04-25
Location: southeast Nebraska 
Date: 2024-04-19
Location: Philo, California
Date: 2018-04-08
Location: Nocona,Texas zn.7 My gardens
Date: April 5,2019
Lovely color, large blooms for a SDB
Location: Philo, California
Date: 2015-03-25
just opening - 3/25/15
Location: Whitesboro, TX
Image courtesy of The Shady Spot Iris. All rights reserved.
Location: Nocona,Texas zn.7 My gardens
Date: 2023-04-01
Great multiplier in my garden! Tx zn 7b
Location: Nocona,Texas zn.7 My gardens
Date: 2024-03-24
Wonderful clump of Nassau Blue. As I looked at this I realized wh
Location: Nocona,Texas zn.7 My gardens
Date: 2022-04-07
Location: southeast Nebraska 
Date: 2024-04-19
Photo by Betja

Photo courtesy of Stout Gardens
Location: Nocona,Texas zn.7 My gardens
Date: 2024-03-31
Always a strong bloomer! Today I realized this began as a rhizome

Photo courtesy of Sutton's Iris Gardens
Location: Philo, California
Date: 2015-03-25
Location: Philo, California
Date: 2015-03-25
fully open   3/25/15
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Do your SDI get extra food? by hampartsum Apr 18, 2022 7:36 AM 2

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