Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Donald Spoon
Year Of Registration: 2010
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2010
Seedling Number: 2005-392RBL/RE
Classification: Standard Dwarf Bearded (SDB)
Registered Height: 14 inches (36 cm)
Bloom Season: Early Mid
Rebloom
Bloom Color Description: Light lavender blue standards, violet blue base and midrib; light lavender blue falls, violet blue spot with light lavender blue midline, turquoise around end of beards, green in hafts by middle of beard grading to brown at base of beard
Beard Color: White at end, white hairs tipped golden yellow in middle, darkening to yellow orange in throat
Style Arm Color: Light lavender blue, light blue green midline, pink edges
Fragrance: Slight
Spicy

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 99-54A: (Tweety Bird x 97-545A: (Baby Blessed x Pele))) X Karen Jones
Child plants: 6 child plants

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Common names
  • Standard Dwarf Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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