Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Keith Keppel
Year Of Registration: 1998
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1999
Seedling Number: 91-57P
Classification: Standard Dwarf Bearded (SDB)
Registered Height: 11 inches (28 cm)
Bloom Season: Early Mid
Bloom Color Classification: Wine
Yellow
Flower Patterns: Plicata
Bloom Color Description: Standards darker than port, slightly lighter toward center; 1/2" lemon yellow blaze on falls, some port dotting and lining, hafts and margins darker than port
Beard Color: Mustard brown
Style Arm Color: Darker than port
Fragrance: Pronounced
Sweet
Awards: Honorable Mention: 2002

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: Rusty Dusty X Quote
Child plants: 3 child plants

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Common names
  • Standard Dwarf Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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