Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Donald Spoon
Year Of Registration: 2015
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2016
Seedling Number: 2005-377SPBL/B
Classification: Standard Dwarf Bearded (SDB)
Registered Height: 11 inches (28 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Bloom Color Classification: Light blue
White
Bloom Color Description: White standards; white falls, unique butterfly blue centers, white haft marks and spikes at end of beards, greyed orange veins at bases
Beard Color: White, tips yellow orange deep in throat
Style Arm Color: White
Fragrance: Slight
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: Amphidiploid
Parentage: 98-24IR: (Toy Boat x Tu Tu Turquoise) X Wise Willow

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Common names
  • Standard Dwarf Bearded Iris
  • Iris

Photo Gallery
Location: my garden, Utah
Date: 2023-05-12
Location: Las Cruces, NM
Date: 2023-03-31
SDB Fly Butterfly
Location: Las Cruces, NM
Date: 2018-03-22
SDB Iris Fly Butterfly
Location: Cross Junction, VA
Photo courtesy of Winterberry Iris Gardens

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