Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Floyd Dyer
Year Of Registration: 1984
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1984
Seedling Number: D-45-81-D
Classification: Standard Dwarf Bearded (SDB)
Registered Height: 12 inches (30 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Bloom Color Classification: Wine
Bloom Color Description: Dark red standards; dark red black falls, edged dark red
Beard Color: Yellow

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: D-13-72-D: ((Congo Wine x Knotty Pine) x (Congo Wine x Knotty Pine)) X C-26-76-D, unknown parentage

Common names
  • Standard Dwarf Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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