Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Brown
Year Of Registration: introduced prior to registration system
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1873
Classification: Standard Dwarf Bearded (SDB)
Bloom Season: Mid Late
Bloom Color Classification: Violet
White
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
Child plants: 3 child plants

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Common names
  • Standard Dwarf Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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Location: My Garden in Janesville, WI
Date: 2020-05-31
Photo by grannysgarden
Photo by grannysgarden
Location: Nationale Plantentuin Meise (Brussels)
Location: Catheys Valley CA
Photo courtesy of Superstition Iris Gardens, posted with permissi
Location: Nationale Plantentuin Meise (Brussels)
Date: 2018-05-16

Date: c. 1879
illustration [by Noel Humphreys] of Irises 'Darius' and 'Florenti
Photo by brettbarney73

Photo courtesy of Blue J Iris Used with permission.

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