Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Donald Spoon
Year Of Registration: 2015
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2016
Seedling Number: 2001-16HB
Classification: Standard Dwarf Bearded (SDB)
Registered Height: 14 inches (36 cm)
Bloom Season: Early
Early Mid
Mid
Mid Late
Late
Bloom Color Classification: Violet
White
Bloom Color Description: Pure white standards, violet and dark olive veins at inner base; pure white falls, violet blue spot, white midline and sunburst around beards extending into spot, greyed green haft veins
Beard Color: White, tips light yellow orange at ends grading to dark orange deep in throat
Style Arm Color: Pure white with light yellow edge
Fragrance: Slight
Sweet
Awards: Honorable Mention: 2021

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: Ajax the Less X 99-54A: (Tweety Bird x 97-545A: (Baby Blessed x Pele))

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Common names
  • Standard Dwarf Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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