Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Paul Black
Year Of Registration: 2019
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2019
Seedling Number: X229E
Classification: Standard Dwarf Bearded (SDB)
Registered Height: 13 inches (33 cm)
Bloom Season: Early
Early Mid
Mid
Flower Form: Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: White
Wine
Yellow
Flower Patterns: Luminata
Bloom Color Description: Mid to light lemon standards, mid brown veins and sanding on upper 1/4; mid light lemon hafts and throat on falls blended to white lower 2/3₃ lined dark plum becoming sanded and lined over lower third, wide cream dart at end of beards
Beard Color: Light tangerine in throat, light yellow in middle, white at end
Style Arm Color: Mid light yellow
Awards: Honorable Mention: 2021

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: Dare Me X U208F: (R300E: (P150: (Ghost Ship x L365B: (Tahoma x Yippy Skippy)) X P168F: (M200B: (J252B: (Buddy Boy x Lumalite) x K328A: (Near Myth x Fires of Fiji)) x Surrounded)) x Actor)

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Common names
  • Standard Dwarf Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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Location: Durham, NC
Date: 2020-04-08
Location: My Garden in PA
Date: 2020-05-04
Location: East facing garden zone 6b
Date: May 2024
Second bloom on maiden clump. Planted in fall 2023. The second bl
Location: East facing garden zone 6b
Date: May 2024
Second bloom on maiden clump. Planted in fall 2023. The second bl

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