Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Thomas Johnson
Year Of Registration: 2002
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2003
Seedling Number: R81BB
Classification: Standard Dwarf Bearded (SDB)
Registered Height: 13 inches (33 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Flower Form: Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Copper/Brown
Yellow
Flower Patterns: Variegata
Bloom Color Description: Medium yellow standards; dark mahogany spot on falls, precise yellow band narrower at hafts, short dart into lower spot edge, few gold rays on hafts
Beard Color: Yellow, white base
Style Arm Color: Medium yellow
Fragrance: Slight
Spicy
Awards: Honorable Mention: 2005
Award of Merit: 2007
Cook-Douglas Medal: 2010

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: Snugglebug X Smart
Child plants: 2 child plants

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Common names
  • Iris
  • Standard Dwarf Bearded Iris

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Uploaded by Paul2032
Location: Philo, California
Date: 2018-04-22

Date: 2011-05-11
Location: Northern Germany
Date: 2023-05-13
Location: New Zealand
Date: 2010-10-03

Date: 2019-05-18
Location: my front yard
Date: 2013-05-15
Uploaded by TBGDN
Location: Berlin, Germany
Date: 2022-05-04
Location: My Gardens
Date: May 9, 2015
Rapid Growth & Bloom

Date: 2012-04-23
Location: Philo, California
Date: 2017-04-17
Location: Vancouver,  WA 
Date: 2018-05-02
5 2 2018

Date: 2012-04-23
Location: Pleasant 
Date: 2011-05-16

May 8, 2009
Location: My Gardens
Date: May 24, 2014
Close Up View Late Afternoon
Location: Sant Cruz, California
Date: 2017-03-31
Ultimate (Johnson 2003) Standard Dwarf Bearded Iris
Location: Garland, TX
Date: 2018-04-16
Location: Garland, TX
Date: 2018-04-12
Location: Garland, TX
Date: 2018-04-16
Uploaded by pinkiris
Location: St Louis - MoBOT
Location: Berlin, Germany
Date: 2022-05-04
Location: New Zealand
Date: 2010-10-06
Uploaded by MaryDurtschi
Uploaded by grannysgarden
Location: South Dakota
Date: 2012-05-19
Uploaded by Paul2032
Uploaded by MaryDurtschi
Uploaded by crowrita1
Location: my front yard
Date: 2013-05-15
Location: Willamette Valley Oregon
Date: 2014-04-10
Location: New Zealand
Date: 2010-10-06

Date: 2012-04-23
Uploaded by TBGDN
Uploaded by TBGDN
Location: southern KY
Date: 4000-05-29
Location: Mid-America Gardens near Salem, OR
Date: 2011-05-20
Location: My Gardens
Date: May 5, 2015
After The Shower
Location: Mid-America Gardens near Salem, OR
Date: 2011-05-20
Location: Vancouver,  WA 
Date: 2018-05-02
5 2 2018
Uploaded by Patty
Uploaded by MaryDurtschi
Location: South Dakota
Date: 2012-05-19

Date: 2012-05-19

Photo courtesy of Stout Gardens

Photo courtesy of Stout Gardens
Location: Pleasant Grove, Utah
Date: 2012-04-23
In my garden
Location: Pleasant Grove, Utah
Date: 2012-04-23
In my garden
Location: Southeast Nebraska
Date: 2014-05-24
Location: Southeast Nebraska
Date: 2014-05-24

Photo courtesy of Blue J Iris. Used with permission.

Photo courtesy of Blue J Iris. Used with permission.
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