Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Allan Ensminger
Year Of Registration: 1993
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1994
Seedling Number: 288-8
Classification: Standard Dwarf Bearded (SDB)
Registered Height: 15 inches (40 cm)
Bloom Season: Late
Bloom Color Classification: Yellow
Flower Patterns: Bitone
Bloom Color Description: Uranium green standards; canary yellow falls
Beard Color: White
Awards: Honorable Mention: 1996
Award of Merit: 1998
Cook-Douglas Medal: 2000
Franklin Cook Memorial Cup: 1997

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
Underground structures: Rhizome
Propagation: Seeds: Will not come true from seed
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Ploidy: Amphidiploid
Parentage: 85-13: (People Pleaser x 83-4: (280-4, Jillaroo sibling, x (78-4 x 78-18, Limpid Pools sibling))) X sibling
Child plants: 9 child plants

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Common names
  • Iris
  • Standard Dwarf Bearded Iris

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