Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Bee Warburton
Year Of Registration: 1981
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1982
Seedling Number: 15X-3
Classification: Standard Dwarf Bearded (SDB)
Registered Height: 10 inches (25 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Bloom Color Classification: Violet
Bloom Color Description: Medium violet standards, dark violet plicata markings; medium violet falls, brushed lighter, luminata pattern, darker violet plicata markings
Beard Color: White, tipped violet
Fragrance: 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: Jennie Grace X 3U-1: (8S-4: ((((white TB x Am-4) x sibling) x (23E-1: Love Affair x Cretica)) x (23E-2 x Goett 4D-2: (Knotty Pine x Pat's Pal))) x Open Sky sibling)
Child plants: 3 child plants

Common names
  • Standard Dwarf Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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