Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Paul Black
Year Of Registration: 2002
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2003
Seedling Number: I247A
Classification: Standard Dwarf Bearded (SDB)
Registered Height: 13 inches (33 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Bloom Color Classification: Orchid
White
Flower Patterns: Plicata
Bloom Color Description: Medium to light pink standards, muted orchid violet stitching and dotting heaviest at margin; white falls blushed light pink, slightly darker edge, haft with few violet marks, tan veins
Beard Color: Tangerine, white at end
Style Arm Color: Pink
Fragrance: Slight
Musky
Awards: Honorable Mention: 2005

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: Hot Jazz X F242AA: (Sweet Bite x D141B: (Tweety Bird x B301A: (Tweety Bird x 91324G: ((Apricot Elf x (Melon Honey x unknown)) x ((((Buckwheat Honey x Cuban Cutie) x (Buckwheat Honey x Sundance Kid)) x (Pulse Rate x Mister Roberts)) x ((Oriental Blush x Sniffs 'n' Sneezes) x Pet))))))
Child plants: 26 child plants

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Common names
  • Standard Dwarf Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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Date: 2013-06-11
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Date: 2012-09-29
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