Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Keith Keppel
Year Of Registration: 1998
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1999
Seedling Number: 91-57Z
Classification: Standard Dwarf Bearded (SDB)
Registered Height: 14 inches (35 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Flower Form: Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Copper/Brown
Yellow
Flower Patterns: Plicata
Bloom Color Description: Lime yellow standards blended honey citrine to old bronze base; brass falls, 3/8" - 1/2" band breaking into fine dotting, small aureolin yellow blaze
Beard Color: Burnished gold to buckthorn
Style Arm Color: Brass to tennis, shaded honey
Fragrance: Pronounced
Sweet
Awards: Honorable Mention: 2001
Award of Merit: 2005

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: Rusty Dusty X Quote
Child plants: 16 child plants

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Common names
  • Iris
  • Standard Dwarf Bearded Iris

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Date: 2019-05-04
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Date: 2015-06-02
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Date: 2014-05-10

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