Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Mahood
Year Of Registration: 1959
Seedling Number: M-537
Classification: Standard Dwarf Bearded (SDB)
Registered Height: 15 inches (38 cm)
Bloom Season: Early
Bloom Color Classification: Wine
Bloom Color Description: Red purple, maroon blaze at beards
Beard Color: Burnt orange

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: (Cretica x Sulina) X (Snow Flurry x TB pink)

Common names
  • Standard Dwarf Bearded Iris
  • Iris

Comments:
  • Posted by KentPfeiffer (Southeast Nebraska - Zone 5b) on Sep 9, 2015 3:17 PM concerning plant:
    Originally registered as a Intermediate Bearded Iris, now considered to be an Standard Dwarf Bearded Iris.

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