Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Paul Black
Year Of Registration: 2000
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2001
Seedling Number: D151C
Classification: Standard Dwarf Bearded (SDB)
Registered Height: 12 inches (30 cm)
Bloom Season: Early
Flower Form: Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Cream
Violet
Flower Patterns: Plicata
Bloom Color Description: Blended butter to light pearl mauve standards, mauve marking on midrib; butter cream falls, wide rose hafts and medium mauve band
Beard Color: Tangerine, pale violet at end
Style Arm Color: Peach
Fragrance: Pronounced
Spicy

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: Tweety Bird X B330A: ((87132CC: (Chubby Cheeks x Catani) x 826C: (Melon Honey x Velvet Pride) x 83144A: (Melon Honey x Soft Air)) x Wacko)
Child plants: 7 child plants

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Common names
  • Standard Dwarf Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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Location: Oxfordshire, England
Date: 2019-04-26
Location: Oxfordshire, England
Date: 2018-05-11
just opening
Location: My garden
Date: April 2013
Voices SDB clump
Location: Oxfordshire, England
Date: 2018-05-12
a delicate beauty
Location: My garden
Date: April 2012
Voices SDB
Uploaded by mattsmom
Location: In my Wisconsin, zone 4 garden.
Location: In my Wisconsin, zone 4 garden.

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