Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Paul Black
Year Of Registration: 2009
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2009
Seedling Number: O255B
Classification: Standard Dwarf Bearded (SDB)
Registered Height: 15 inches (38 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid Late
Flower Form: Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Purple
White
Flower Patterns: Amoena
Bloom Color Description: White standards; white falls, dark inky blue purple blended spot covering 3/4 of petal, wide short white darts along beards, grey olive at heart of hafts
Beard Color: Light yellow, white at end
Style Arm Color: White
Fragrance: Pronounced
Spicy
Awards: Honorable Mention: 2011
Award of Merit: 2013

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: Ajax the Less X Big Blue Eyes
Child plants: 13 child plants

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Common names
  • Iris
  • Standard Dwarf Bearded Iris

Photo Gallery
Location: Photo by Carol Bacskai; zone 5b, Yorkville, IL
Date: 2022-05-12
Location: My garden,  Zaporizhzhya region Zone: 6a 
Date: 2023-05-02
Location: My garden, Ukraine, Zaporizhzhya region Zone: 6a 
Date: 2022-05-04
Location: Photo by Carol Bacskai; zone 5b, Yorkville, IL
Date: 2021-05-03
Location: My Garden, Ontario, Canada
Date: 2017-06-01
Planted in July and growing well and blooming the following sprin
Location: My Garden, Essex, UK. 
Date: 2024-04-26
Location: Utah
Date: 2020-05-03
Location: Russia, Krasnodar region, Novokubansk
Date: 2022-04-28
Photo by Bloomers
Location: Russia, Krasnodar region, Novokubansk
Date: 2022-05-04
Location: From my  garden. Poland.
Location: From my collection. Poland.
Location: Utah
Date: 2021-05-09
Location: Michigan-my garden
Date: 2023-05-21
Location: Cawston, BC
Date: 2022-10-24
From Hillside Irises
Location: Yorkville, IL
Date: 2020-05-07
Location: Michigan-my garden
Date: Spring 2021
Location: Michigan-my garden
Date: Spring 2021
Location: Mid-America Gardens near Salem, OR
Date: 2011-05-20
Location: Yorkville, IL
Date: 2020-05-08
Location: My garden in southeast Nebraska
Date: 2013-05-12
Location: In my garden. Poland.
Location: In my garden. Poland.
Photo by KentPfeiffer
Location: Yorkville, IL
Date: 2020-05-07

Date: 2015-04-14

Date: 2014-04-22
Photo by Paul2032
Location: My garden in southeast Nebraska
Date: 2014-04-24
Location: From my collection. Poland.

Date: 2015-04-14
Location: My garden in southeast Nebraska
Date: 2013-05-12
Location: My garden in southeast Nebraska
Date: 2014-04-24
Location: In my garden. Poland.
Location: Mid-America Garden
Date: 2016-04-11
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