Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Marky Smith
Year Of Registration: 2012
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2016
Seedling Number: 09-05A
Classification: Standard Dwarf Bearded (SDB)
Registered Height: 12.5 inches (32 cm)
Bloom Season: Early Mid
Mid
Mid Late
Late
Very Late
Bloom Color Classification: Black
White
Flower Patterns: Plicata
Bloom Color Description: Warm white standards, even 1/4" black edge rim, inner rim dark purple, random dots, and short purple lines; warm white falls, even black rim at edge, dark purple inner rim, circle of short lines and dots, wire thin median line, burnt brown shoulders
Beard Color: Deep blue violet
Style Arm Color: Black
Fragrance: Pronounced
Spicy

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: Celilo X Dark Design

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Common names
  • Standard Dwarf Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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Date: 2021-04-25 
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Beard

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