Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Paul Black
Year Of Registration: 2014
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2014
Seedling Number: S280AR
Classification: Standard Dwarf Bearded (SDB)
Registered Height: 13 inches (33 cm)
Bloom Season: Early
Early Mid
Mid
Bloom Color Classification: Light blue
Purple
Bloom Color Description: Light blue standards, darker base; light blue falls, brown veins over haft, blended plum spot and light blue dart at end of beards
Beard Color: Dark blue
Style Arm Color: Light blue, darker ridge
Fragrance: Slight
Musky

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: Jellicle Cat X O262CR: (91246BR: (793A: (Puppet x Meadow Moss) x 89263A: (85388A: (Cindy Mitchell x 83132B: (B80-35: (Clay's Caper x Michael Paul) x Rainbow Music)) x ((Cindy Mitchell x Joyous Isle) x ((Cindy Mitchell x unknown)))) x Forever Blue)

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Common names
  • Standard Dwarf Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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Yes, the blooms really looked like this in the evening!!   After
Location: My Garden in Janesville, WI
Date: 2021-05-04
Location: My Garden in Janesville, WI
Date: 2016-05-11
Location: Lincoln NE zone 5
Date: 2019-04-25
Uploaded by Dachsylady86
Location: My Garden in Janesville, WI
Date: 2015-05-10
Uploaded by Neela
Location: Kingsport, TN
Location: Kingsport, TN
Date: 2019-04-25
Location: Michigan-my garden
Date: 2018-05-13
Location: My Garden in Janesville, WI
Date: 2015-05-10
Uploaded by Neela
Location: Menton, France 
Date: 2022-04-27
Location: Russia, Krasnodarskij Kraj
Date: 2020-04-24
Location: My Garden in Janesville, WI
Date: 2015-05-10
Location: Kingsport, TN
First year bloom
Uploaded by Lbsmitty
Location: Russia, Krasnodar region, Novokubansk
Date: 2022-04-28
Location: Russia, Krasnodarskij Kraj
Date: 2020-04-27
Location: Michigan-my garden
Date: 2024-04-30
Location: Kingsport, TN
Location: Mid-America Garden
Date: 2016-04-11

Compare It's not over in daylight here, versus evening in top vot
Location: Back yard, East facing, Zone 6b
Date: May 2019

Photo courtesy of Mid-America Garden
Discussion Threads about this plant
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Nice Iris! by TBGDN May 12, 2015 10:27 AM 1

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