Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Ying Cao
Year Of Registration: 2014
Seedling Number: YB-1
Classification: Miniature Tall Bearded (MTB)
Registered Height: 26.5 inches (67 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Mid Late
Late
Rebloom
Bloom Color Classification: Purple
Bloom Color Description: Light purple standards, darker towards distal edge; deep purple falls, darker purple veins at base
Beard Color: Strong yellow orange in throat, deep yellow orange in middle, light yellow orange end, hairs based white, tips yellow orange
Style Arm Color: Strong yellow, purple crest
Fragrance: Pronounced
Sweet

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: Tetraploid
Parentage: Indian Chief X Immortality

Common names
  • Miniature Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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