Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Chuck Chapman
Year Of Registration: 1996
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1997
Seedling Number: 91-180-3
Classification: Standard Dwarf Bearded (SDB)
Registered Height: 9 inches (23 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Flower Form: Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Violet
Yellow
Bloom Color Description: Yellowish khaki standards, light violet wash; yellowish khaki falls, citrine yellow edges and throat veining
Beard Color: Dark violet, tipped bronze
Style Arm Color: Yellowish khaki

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: Chubby Cheeks X Bantam
Child plants: 19 child plants

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Common names
  • Standard Dwarf Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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Location: Willamette Valley Oregon
Date: Spring 2011

Photo courtesy of Blue J Iris Used with permission.

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