Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Paul Black
Year Of Registration: 2005
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2005
Seedling Number: J279C
Classification: Standard Dwarf Bearded (SDB)
Registered Height: 12 inches (30 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Flower Form: Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Silver/Grey
Violet
White
Flower Patterns: Plicata
Bloom Color Description: Icy white standards, center area dotted light violet, wide pale violet band; white falls, gray violet outer band, violet plicata dots and lines inside margin, darker violet plicata line from beard to near edge, fine olive veins over haft
Beard Color: White, tipped orange
Style Arm Color: Pale gray white
Fragrance: Pronounced
Sweet
Awards: Honorable Mention: 2007

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: D143A: (Tweety Bird x B244A: (Garden Gnome x First Alert)) X Rebus
Child plants: 34 child plants

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Common names
  • Standard Dwarf Bearded Iris
  • Iris

Photo Gallery
Location: Ukraine
Date: 2018-05-05
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Location: Las Cruces, NM
Date: 2017-03-20
SDB Iris Surrounded
Location: Las Cruces, NM
Date: 2022-04-11
SDB Iris Surrounded
Location: Las Cruces, NM
Date: 2020-03-31
SDB Iris Surrounded (Enlarge to see detail)
Location: Nocona,Texas zn.7 My gardens
Date: 2019-04-07

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Photo courtesy of Rainbow Iris Farm

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