Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Mahood
Year Of Registration: 1965
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1966
Seedling Number: 22-61
Classification: Standard Dwarf Bearded (SDB)
Registered Height: 12 inches (30 cm)
Bloom Season: Early
Bloom Color Description: Pale cream, delicate blue overcast and green halo around beards
Beard Color: Cream

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: Doriot 16-57 X 13-58: (Green Spot x ((Cook 10942 x pumila) x (Blue Shimmer x Carpathia)))

Common names
  • Standard Dwarf Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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