Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Michael Sutton
Year Of Registration: 2020
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2021
Seedling Number: AE-144-A
Classification: Standard Dwarf Bearded (SDB)
Registered Height: 13 inches (33 cm)
Bloom Season: Early
Bloom Color Classification: Purple
Bloom Color Description: Purple standards, veined slightly darker; dark purple to near black falls, lighter edge
Beard Color: Violet blue, tipped yellow
Style Arm Color: Purple, blue veining up to crests

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: Pepi X Devoted

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Common names
  • Standard Dwarf Bearded Iris
  • Iris

Photo Gallery
Location: East facing garden zone 6a
Date: May 13, 2023
First bloom of second year clump. Nice increase and beautiful for
Location: East facing garden zone 6a
Date: May 2022
Maiden bloom...planted Fall of 2021
Location: East facing garden zone 6a
Date: May 2022
Maiden bloom...planted Fall of 2021

Image courtesy of Sutton's Iris Gardens

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