Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: John Weiler
Year Of Registration: 1986
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1986
Seedling Number: 81-25-2
Classification: Standard Dwarf Bearded (SDB)
Registered Height: 11 inches (28 cm)
Bloom Season: Early
Early Mid
Mid
Mid Late
Late
Rebloom
Bloom Color Classification: Wine
Yellow
Flower Patterns: Variegata
Bloom Color Description: Bright full yellow standards; dark red mahogany falls, bright full yellow edge
Beard Color: Yellow
Awards: Honorable Mention: 1989

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: Fire One X 79-37-5RE: ((Ruby Contrast x Little Blackfoot) x (((Brighteyes x Grace Note) x Bronze Babe) x (Cartwheel x (Brighteyes x Grace Note))))
Child plants: 13 child plants

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Common names
  • Standard Dwarf Bearded Iris
  • Iris

Photo Gallery
Location: My garden
Date: April 2013
Sunstrip SDB
Location: My garden
Date: April 2013
Sunstrip SDB clump

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