Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Frank Kathe
Year Of Registration: 2008
Seedling Number: B.J.-F.K.-1
Classification: Standard Dwarf Bearded (SDB)
Registered Height: 14 inches (35 cm)
Bloom Season: Late
Bloom Color Description: Creamy apricot standards, pale green midrib; pale apricot falls edged creamy apricot
Beard Color: Creamy apricot, red orange in throat

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: Bennett Jones 668-1: ((((Cinderella x (Orange Tiger x Pumpkin Center)) x M. Smith 92: ((Pure Allure x Orange Tiger) x (Jones 385-9 x Orange Tiger))) x 586-4: (509 x M. Smith 92-01)) x (Captive Sun x (509 x 509-1A))) X Bennett Jones 675-3: (08-12: (Captive Sun x 575: (509: (Cinderella x 433-5: (Orange Tiger x Pumpkin Center)) x 509-1A)) x 636-3: (588-3: (541-1: (503: (Pumpkin Center x unk) x 509 green) x 509) x 586: (509 x M. Smith 92-01: ((Pure Allure x Orange Tiger) x 385-9: ((((Melon Honey x Wright L32) x ((Roberts 65R11 x (pink IB x pumila)) x Melon Honey)) x (Hooligan x M309: (Solar Flight x M255: (Melon Honey x E. Roberts 65R11)))) x Orange Tiger)))))
Child plants: one child plant

Common names
  • Standard Dwarf Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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