Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: C. Boswell
Year Of Registration: 1988
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1989
Seedling Number: 34-80-S
Classification: Standard Dwarf Bearded (SDB)
Registered Height: 9 inches (23 cm)
Bloom Season: Late
Bloom Color Classification: Blue
Green
Silver/Grey
Yellow
Flower Patterns: Blend
Bloom Color Description: Smoky white standards; pale chartreuse falls, short olive eyelash markings and hafts, blue center line
Beard Color: Blue
Awards: Honorable Mention: 1991
Award of Merit: 1995

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: Eyelash X ((Ruby Contrast x (Gingerbread Man x I. balkana)) x Tanny)
Child plants: one child plant

Common names
  • Standard Dwarf Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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