Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Roberta Plummer
Year Of Registration: 2000
Seedling Number: RH 98-3
Classification: Standard Dwarf Bearded (SDB)
Registered Height: 8 inches (21 cm)
Bloom Season: Early Mid
Bloom Color Description: White standards shaded greyed blue lavender, pale mauve basal flush; pale mauve rose wash on falls fading to white with slight greenish cast
Beard Color: Light lavender blue at end changing to white, slight yellow in throat
Style Arm Color: White shaded greyed blue lavender, pale mauve basal flush
Fragrance: Slight

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: Red Heart X --- probably Sapphire Jewel

Common names
  • Standard Dwarf Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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