Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Paul Black
Year Of Registration: 2013
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2013
Seedling Number: R172C
Classification: Standard Dwarf Bearded (SDB)
Registered Height: 15.75
Bloom Season: Mid
Mid Late
Late
Bloom Color Classification: Purple
Yellow
Flower Patterns: Plicata
Bloom Color Description: Light butter yellow standards, purple black midrib and base, 3/4" wide mid dark red purple sanded and lined band; mid butter yellow falls, haft lined dark plum, wide dark red purple band narrowing at distal end and wide line from beard to 1/2" from edge
Beard Color: Mid red violet crests and midribs, light rose tan edges
Style Arm Color: Hairs based white, dark yellow in throat, mid yellow in middle, white at end
Fragrance: Pronounced
Spicy
Awards: Honorable Mention: 2017

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: Intoxicating X J340A: (E117CC: (Hot Jazz x B288AA: (Tweety Bird x 91273D: (85368B: (826C: (Melon Honey x Velvet Pride) x 83144A: (Melon Honey x Soft Air)) x Tricks))) x Artful)
Child plants: 7 child plants

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Common names
  • Standard Dwarf Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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Location: Ukraine
Date: 2018-05-11
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