Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Walter Welch
Year Of Registration: 1957
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1958
Seedling Number: L-56i
Classification: Standard Dwarf Bearded (SDB)
Registered Height: 12 inches (30 cm)
Bloom Season: Late
Bloom Color Classification: White
Flower Patterns: Self
Bloom Color Description: Pure white
Beard Color: White
Awards: Honorable Mention: 1958
Other: Cook-Douglas Award: 1964

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: (Blue Shimmer x Carpathia) X J-538: (Bouquet x (Fiancee x Fairy))
Child plants: 18 child plants

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Common names
  • Standard Dwarf Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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Location: Hyde Hall, Essex, UK. 
Date: 2023-04-30
Location: Lundby, Denmark, EU
Date: 2019-04-29
Full sun
Location: Lundby, Denmark, EU
Date: 2019-04-29
Full sun
Location: Sussex, UK
Date: late May 2021
A cool dry spring has resulted in late blooms this year in the UK
Location: Real Jardín Botánico, Madrid.
Date: April
credit: A. Barra

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