Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Michael Sutton
Year Of Registration: 2014
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2014
Seedling Number: V-963-A
Classification: Standard Dwarf Bearded (SDB)
Registered Height: 9 inches (23 cm)
Bloom Season: Early
Early Mid
Mid
Bloom Color Classification: Cream
Wine
Flower Patterns: Plicata
Bloom Color Description: Red purple standards, pale yellow dots at midribs; pale yellow falls, dotted and edged red purple
Beard Color: White, tips yellow
Style Arm Color: Red purple
Fragrance: Slight
Spicy
Awards: Honorable Mention: 2017

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: Ruby Eruption X Honey Money
Child plants: 5 child plants

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Common names
  • Standard Dwarf Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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Location: East facing garden zone 6a
Date: May 2023
Maiden bloom planted summer/fall 2022

Photo courtesy of Sutton's Iris Gardens

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