Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Kenneth Fisher
Year Of Registration: 2001
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2001
Seedling Number: 95-6
Classification: Miniature Tall Bearded (MTB)
Registered Height: 21 inches (53 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Bloom Color Classification: Tan
Cream
Violet
Flower Patterns: Plicata
Bloom Color Description: Cream ground standards, violet and tan plicata dotting; light cream falls, margin lightly dotted violet to tan
Beard Color: Cream
Style Arm Color: Cream, darker crests

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: Diploid
Parentage: M9: (K4: (((Buenita x Amethyst Sunset) x Elfin Coach) x (Blue Bisque x unknown)) x I-6: (((Consummation x Slim Jim) x Drady's Girl) x (Like a Melody x Puppy Love))) X Carolyn Rose
Child plants: 2 child plants

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Common names
  • Miniature Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

Photo Gallery
Location: Zone 7a
Date: 2014-05-04
Location: Whitesboro, TX
Image courtesy of The Shady Spot Iris. All rights reserved.
Location: Critter's garden in Frederick, MD
Date: 2013-05-22
performs remarkably well in partial shade (note fern leaves in ph

Date: 2008-05-25
Photo courtesy of Rainbow Iris Farm

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