Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: J. D. Taylor
Year Of Registration: 1979
Seedling Number: Y.10/4
Classification: Standard Dwarf Bearded (SDB)
Registered Height: 12 inches (30 cm)
Bloom Season: Early
Bloom Color Classification: Cream
Yellow
Bloom Color Description: Cream standards; pale primrose falls
Beard Color: Blue
Fragrance: Absent

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: Jones M212/3 X Stockholm
Child plants: 6 child plants

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Common names
  • Standard Dwarf Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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Photo by grannysgarden
Location: Northern Germany
Date: 2022-05-08
Location: Las Cruces, NM
Date: 2018-04-06
SDB Iris Sarah Taylor
Photo by Lbsmitty
Location: Santa Cruz Mountains, California
Date: 2012-04-05
Location: Panama Illinois
Date: 2021-04-26
Location: Michigan-my garden
Date: 2020-05-25
Location: Ontario, Canada
Date: 2021-05-22
More poly blooms this year!
Location: Northern Germany
Date: 2008-05-10
SANYO DIGITAL CAMERA

Date: 2015-04-10
Location: Northern Germany
Date: 2002-11-01
SANYO DIGITAL CAMERA
Location: Northern Germany
Date: 2015-05-08

Photo courtesy of Bluebird Haven Iris Garden
Location: Ontario, Canada
Date: 2019-05-30
Interesting 5X5 bloom

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