Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Teresa Martin
Year Of Registration: 1974
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1974
Seedling Number: 73-16
Classification: Standard Dwarf Bearded (SDB)
Registered Height: 14 inches (36 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Bloom Color Classification: Tan
Gold
Flower Patterns: Bicolor
Bloom Color Description: Honey gold standards; light brown falls, few honey gold haft markings
Beard Color: Honey gold, 1/8" pale violet at tip

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
Parentage: 70-4: ((Norah x Happy Birthday) x (Cretica x ('Alba' x Hanselmayer))) X Knotty Pine
Child plants: 115 child plants

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Common names
  • Standard Dwarf Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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Location: East facing garden zone 6b
Date: April 2024
Maiden bloom, historic SDB so form is nice, color is nice. Plante
Location: Westminster Maryland
Location: Westminster Maryland

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