Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Geddes Douglas
Year Of Registration: 1953
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1954
Classification: Standard Dwarf Bearded (SDB)
Registered Height: 8 inches (20 cm)
Bloom Color Description: Deep magnolia purple
Beard Color: Bright 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: Minnie Colquitt X pumila violet
Child plants: 5 child plants

Common names
  • Standard Dwarf Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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