Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Paul Black
Year Of Registration: 2000
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2001
Seedling Number: 8246D
Classification: Standard Dwarf Bearded (SDB)
Registered Height: 11 inches (28 cm)
Bloom Season: Early
Bloom Color Classification: Violet
White
Flower Patterns: Plicata
Bloom Color Description: White standards, red violet band, stitching inside band and up midrib; white falls, narrow red violet rim and red violet veining from beard to edge
Beard Color: Tangerine, white at end
Fragrance: Slight
Musky
Awards: Honorable Mention: 2003

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: Inky Dinky X Doodle

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Common names
  • Iris
  • Standard Dwarf Bearded Iris

Photo Gallery

Photo May 5, 2008
Location: My Gardens
Date: May 2, 2014
Close Up View
Location: My Gardens
Date: May 6, 2015
From Paul Black: Dinky Is A Doodle!
Location: Chino Valley Arizona
Date: 2021-04-14
Photo by TBGDN
Photo by TBGDN
Location: Sperling, MB
Date: 2016-05-22

Photo courtesy of Blue J Iris Used with permission.

Photo courtesy of Rainbow Iris Farm

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