Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: John Weiler
Year Of Registration: 1988
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1988
Seedling Number: 84-50-1
Classification: Standard Dwarf Bearded (SDB)
Registered Height: 10 inches (25 cm)
Bloom Season: Early
Early Mid
Mid
Mid Late
Late
Rebloom
Bloom Color Classification: Yellow
Flower Patterns: Bitone
Bloom Color Description: Full yellow standards; velvety dark yellow falls
Beard Color: Light yellow
Fragrance: Slight
Sweet
Awards: Honorable Mention: 1992

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: 81-19-3: ((Weiler 76-1-1: (Ruby Contrast x Little Blackfoot) x (((70-95-3RE: Brighteyes x Grace Note) x Bronze Babe) x (Cartwheel x 70-95-6))) x Pink Amber) X 82-3-4Re: ((((Yellow Wave x 70-95-2RE) x (Cartwheel x 70-95-1 RE)) x Chariots) x ((70-95-3RE x Gingerbread Man) x Stockholm))
Child plants: 18 child plants

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Common names
  • Standard Dwarf Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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