Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Paul Black
Year Of Registration: 2013
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2014
Seedling Number: R287D
Classification: Standard Dwarf Bearded (SDB)
Registered Height: 13 inches (33 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Mid Late
Late
Bloom Color Classification: Copper/Brown
White
Wine
Flower Patterns: Plicata
Bloom Color Description: White standards, light violet washed and lined in center, wide light amber band, mid lilac dotting in center, wide tan brown band; white falls, center finely lined and dotted dark blue violet, haft heavily sanded mid plum to nearly solid brown plum
Beard Color: Mid amber in throat, light amber in middle, light violet at end, hairs based mid violet
Style Arm Color: Mid plum crest, red violet midrib, old gold edges
Fragrance: Slight
Musky

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: O342B: (L345B: (Invisible x J342A: (E122CC: (B281AA: (Tweety Bird x 91-216) x C136C: (91-273D: (85-367B: (82-9A: (80-33: (Buckwheat Honey x Cuban Cutie) x 80-8: (Buckwheat Honey x Sundance Kid)) x 83-195D: (Pulse Rate x Mister Roberts)) x Tricks) x A-151B: (87-134DD: (Chubby Cheeks x 84238F: (Oriental Blush x Sniffs 'n' Sneezes)) x Tricks))) x F240A: (Sweet Bite x B281B)) x Stormy Circle) X P156B: (M158C: (F212A: (Midnight Mist x B247E: (Inky Dinky x Flea Circus)) x J404D: (G80A: (Moonlighting x D138AA: (Tweety Bird x Midnight Mist)) x Being Busy)) x M153A: (Chubby Cheeks x Chart))
Child plants: 3 child plants

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Common names
  • Standard Dwarf Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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Date: 2020-04-03
SDB Iris Mesa Sunrise
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Date: 2016-05-09
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Date: 2016-05-09
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Location: Durham, NC
Date: 2017-04-15
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Date: 2017-04-11
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Date: 2021-05-06
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Date: 2018-05-26
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Date: 2021-05-06
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Date: 2020-05-02
Location: Mid-America Garden
Date: 2016-04-11
Location: Durham, NC
Date: 2017-04-11
Location: My Garden, Ontario, Canada
Date: 2023-05-28

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Location: Mid-America Garden
Date: 2016-04-11

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