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Hybridizer: A. & D. Willott
Year Of Registration: 1975
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1975
Seedling Number: 74-10
Classification: Standard Dwarf Bearded (SDB)
Registered Height: 13 1/2 inches (34 cm)
Bloom Season: Early
Early Mid
Mid
Bloom Color Classification: Violet
White
Flower Patterns: Plicata
Bloom Color Description: White standards, neatly stitched blue violet; white falls, neatly stitched blue violet
Beard Color: White
Style Arm Color: Blue violet
Awards: Honorable Mention: 1978

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: Carousel Princess X Gunga Din
Child plants: 5 child plants

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Common names
  • Standard Dwarf Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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Location: southern KY
Date: 2019-04-07
Location: Clinton, Michigan 49236
Date: 2021-05-07
Iris SDB 'Stitch Witch' 5/2021 SDB Iris- (Willott 1975) Standard
Location: southern KY
Date: 2019-04-07
Location: Clinton, Michigan 49236
Date: 2017-10-18
"Iris SDB 'Stitch Witch', 2017, Standard Dwarf Violet [Bearded Ir
Location: Stanley NC
Date: 2018-03-20
Stitch Witch
Location: my front yard
Date: 2015-04-27
Location: Twisp
Date: 2016-04-30
Location: Clinton, Michigan 49236
Date: 2017-10-18"Iris SDB 'Stitch Witch', 2017, Standard Dwarf Violet [Bearded Iris] SDB, EYE-riss ger-MAN-ica, 13 in. #Rhizome #Monocot #Early (Willott 1975), USDA Hardiness Zone 5, Standards white, stitched blue-violet; blue-violet stylearms; falls white, stitched blue-violet, Bloom Month 5a-, In Garden Bed 7H1 2a1 35L4 for 55 DAYS.   Iris Stitch Witch - D EM 13in.. Neatly stitched blue-violet; blue-violet stylearms and white falls, white beard. Fans are closely packed.Divided in 2017 (72 rhizomes). Clump was huge after 6 years. 'Stitch Witch' (Anthony & Dorothy Willott, R. 1975). SDB, 13 1/2"" (34 cm), Early to midseason bloom. Standards white, neatly stitched blue-violet; blue-violet stylearms; falls white, neatly stitched blue-violet; white beard.    #Iris #BeardedIris   https://www.flickr.com/search/?user_id=50697352%40N00&sort=date-posted-desc&text=Iris%20SDB%20'Stitch%20Witch'"
Location: my front yard
Date: 2014-05-07
Photo by grannysgarden
Location: In my Northern California garden
Date: 2012-04-19
Location: my garden in Frederick MD
Date: 2014-05-09
Location: my garden in Frederick MD
Date: 2014-05-09

Date: 2015-04-01
Location: Allentown, Pennsylvania
Date: 2015-05-05
Location: In my Northern California garden
Date: 2012-04-10
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