Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Paul Black
Year Of Registration: 2011
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2011
Seedling Number: P136B
Classification: Standard Dwarf Bearded (SDB)
Registered Height: 12 inches (30 cm)
Bloom Season: Early Mid
Flower Form: Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Magenta
Wine
Bloom Color Description: Medium dark fuchsia standards, darker texture veins; velvety black cherry falls, darker texture veins and short white to violet dart at end of beards
Beard Color: Violet, tipped dark brass brown in throat, medium brass brown in middle, white at end
Style Arm Color: Medium fuchsia crests, violet midribs, tan edges
Fragrance: Slight
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: L247A: (Eye of Newt x Marksman) X Jeweler's Art

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Common names
  • Standard Dwarf Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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