Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Geddes Douglas
Year Of Registration: 1954
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1954
Classification: Standard Dwarf Bearded (SDB)
Registered Height: 13 inches (33 cm)
Bloom Season: Early
Bloom Color Classification: Blue
Bloom Color Description: Medium blue standards; dark blue falls
Beard Color: White
Awards: Honorable Mention: 1957
Other: Cook-Douglas Award: 1960

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: Helen McGregor X pumila blue
Child plants: 31 child plants

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Common names
  • Standard Dwarf Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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