Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Allan Ensminger
Year Of Registration: 1993
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1994
Seedling Number: 88-14
Classification: Standard Dwarf Bearded (SDB)
Registered Height: 13 inches (33 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid Late
Bloom Color Classification: Yellow
Flower Patterns: Bitone
Bloom Color Description: Sulphur yellow standards; canary yellow falls
Beard Color: Blue

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: (((Ten sib, x ((Spring Salute x ((Patience x N503) x (Jungle Shadows x I. pumila))) x (((Jungle Shadows x I. pumila) x sibling) x ((Jungle Shadows x Cretica) x 11-66)))) x (Tumwater x 73-1)) x (Jillaroo sibling x (78-4 x Limpid Pools sibling))) X 85-13, What Again sibling
Child plants: 3 child plants

Common names
  • Standard Dwarf Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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