Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Hooker Nichols
Year Of Registration: 1974
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1978
Seedling Number: N-96-A
Classification: Standard Dwarf Bearded (SDB)
Registered Height: 12 inches (30 cm)
Bloom Season: Early
Early Mid
Mid
Bloom Color Classification: Copper/Brown
Bloom Color Description: Light brown standards, dark midribs; chestnut brown falls, darker undertones
Beard Color: Brown
Awards: Honorable Mention: 1981

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: Whispering Glade X Knotty Pine
Child plants: 4 child plants

Common names
  • Standard Dwarf Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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