Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Paul Black
Year Of Registration: 1990
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1990
Seedling Number: 86281A
Classification: Standard Dwarf Bearded (SDB)
Registered Height: 14 inches (37 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid Late
Bloom Color Description: Medium purple standards; medium red purple falls, darker red purple spot, white haft markings
Beard Color: Lavender, tipped fluorescent orange
Fragrance: Pronounced
Spicy

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: Reluctant Dragin X 84207A: (Gigglepot x Oriental Blush)
Child plants: 7 child plants

Common names
  • Standard Dwarf Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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