Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Perry Dyer
Year Of Registration: 1987
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1989
Seedling Number: L-4
Classification: Standard Dwarf Bearded (SDB)
Registered Height: 13 inches (33 cm)
Bloom Season: Early Mid
Mid
Mid Late
Late
Bloom Color Classification: Cream
White
Yellow
Bloom Color Description: Creamy white standards, flushed warm light yellow on midrib; mother of pearl cream falls, flushed yellow on hafts
Beard Color: Deep blue, tipped powder blue
Foliage: Purple Based
Awards: Honorable Mention: 1991
Award of Merit: 1993
Cook-Douglas Medal: 1995

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: Hamblen M73-12A: (((Sunny Heart x (Grace Note x (Truce x Easter Holiday))) x Canary Isle) x Tumwater) X Sapphire Jewel
Child plants: 12 child plants

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  • Iris
  • Standard Dwarf Bearded Iris

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Location: From my collection. Poland.
Date: 2022-05-09
Location: From my  garden. Poland.
Date: 2017-05-19
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Location: From my collection. Poland.
Date: 2018-05-01
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Date: 2014-04-15
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Date: 2014-05-08
Location: my front yard
Date: 2014-05-08
Location: From my collection. Poland.
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Date: 2015-04-06
Location: Northern Germany
Date: 2015-05-08
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Date: May 5, 2013
Makes A Nice Pastel Clump
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Date: May 6, 2009
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Location: Pleasant Grove, Utah
Date: 2012-04-18
In my garden
Location: Pleasant Grove, Utah
Date: 2012-04-18
In my garden
Location: Pleasant Grove, Utah
Date: 2012-04-18
In my garden
Location: Northern Germany
Date: 2002-11-02
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Date: 2012-04-18
In my garden
Location: Pleasant Grove, Utah
Date: 2012-04-18
In my garden

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Date: 2014-04-16
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Date: 2012-04-18
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