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Hybridizer: Paul Black
Year Of Registration: 2010
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2010
Seedling Number: O255A
Classification: Standard Dwarf Bearded (SDB)
Registered Height: 15 inches (38 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid Late
Bloom Color Classification: Blue
White
Flower Patterns: Amoena
Bloom Color Description: White standards; white falls with large irregularly blended inky dark-blue spot
Beard Color: White
Style Arm Color: White
Fragrance: Pronounced
Sweet
Awards: Honorable Mention: 2012
Award of Merit: 2014
Cook-Douglas Medal: 2016

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: Ajax the Less X Big Blue Eyes
Child plants: 7 child plants

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Common names
  • Iris
  • Standard Dwarf Bearded Iris

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Date: 2015-04-16
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Location: My garden in southeast Nebraska
Date: 2015-04-26
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Location: My garden, Zaporizhzhya region Zone: 6a 
Date: 2024-04-14
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Location: My Garden in PA
Date: 2021-04-28
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Date: 2016-04-11
Location: My garden in southeast Nebraska
Date: 2012-04-01
Location: My garden in southeast Nebraska
Date: 2014-04-26
Photo by Paul2032

Date: 2013-04-13

Date: 2013-04-13
Location: My garden in southeast Nebraska
Date: 2014-04-26
Location: Durham, NC
Date: April, 2015
Closeup of bud
Location: My garden in southeast Nebraska
Date: 2012-04-01

Date: 2014-04-11
Location: Durham, NC
Date: April, 2015
Entire plant
Location: Durham, NC
Date: April, 2015

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Photo by Paul2032
Photo by Paul2032

Date: 2013-04-14
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