Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Jayne Ritchie
Year Of Registration: 1995
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1996
Seedling Number: 89-6-4
Classification: Standard Dwarf Bearded (SDB)
Registered Height: 12 inches (30 cm)
Bloom Season: Early
Early Mid
Mid
Mid Late
Late
Bloom Color Classification: Wine
Yellow
Flower Patterns: Variegata
Bloom Color Description: Uniform medium lemon yellow standards; smooth oxblood red falls, yellow wire edge
Beard Color: Medium yellow
Style Arm Color: Lemon yellow

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: 85-24-12: (Do-Si-Do x (Inscription x (Latin Lover x White Mite))) X Aitken 86M42: ((Sea Urchin x Jones M356: ((Kentucky Bluegrass x (Gingerbread Man x Meadow Moss)) x ((Blithe Blue x (Meadow Moss sdlg. x 218-5: (Gingerbread Man x Meadow Moss))) x (218-bl gr x (Meadow Moss x Kentucky Bluegrass))))) x (Aitken 80-22 x Cherry Tart))

Common names
  • Standard Dwarf Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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