Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Michael Sutton
Year Of Registration: 2004
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2005
Classification: Standard Dwarf Bearded (SDB)
Registered Height: 10 inches (25 cm)
Bloom Season: Early Mid
Rebloom
Bloom Color Classification: Wine
Bloom Color Description: Plum burgundy standards, black overlay; maroon falls, black thumbprint
Beard Color: Lavender at end, yellow in middle, yellow orange in throat, occasional small lavender horns
Space Age Beard Appendages: Horns
Fragrance: Slight
Sweet

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: Negra Modelo X Punk
Child plants: 24 child plants

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Common names
  • Standard Dwarf Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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Image courtesy of Iris City Gardens
Location: Southeast Nebraska
Date: 2014-05-24

Photo courtesy of Iris City Gardens

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