Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Evelyn Jones, deceased, by Bennett Jones
Year Of Registration: 2000
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2000
Seedling Number: I89-21-1
Classification: Standard Dwarf Bearded (SDB)
Registered Height: 12 inches (31 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Bloom Color Classification: Yellow
Flower Patterns: Bitone
Bloom Color Description: Light aureolin yellow standards; medium lemon yellow falls
Beard Color: Orange
Style Arm Color: Deeper aureolin yellow

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: B. Jones I85-2-6: (77-51R: (74-34-2: (Orange Chiffon x 69-24-5: (((Spanish Gift x Marilyn C) x Shoop 63-18) x ((Spanish Affair x Marilyn C) x Hamblen H5-35))) x 74-36-2: (((Bright Butterfly x Shoop 60-11) x Hayride) x (((Marilyn C x Shoop 57-35) x (Shoop 55-22 x Marilyn C)) x 918-2: (707: (inv. Marilyn C, Bright Magic, Shoop sdlg.) x Shoop 64-5: (inv. Whole Cloth, One Desire, Hamblen H5-35, Spanish Affair))))) x M379-2: (Hooligan x M309: (Solar Flight x M255: (Melon Honey x E. Roberts 65R11)))) X M384-2: (378: (((Melon Honey x Wright L32) x (229-2 x Melon Honey)) x Pumpkin Center) x 331-4: ((Wright L32 x 255: (Melon Honey x 229: (Roberts 65R11 x (pink IB x I. pumila "Blazek")))) x (Solar Flight x 255)))

Common names
  • Standard Dwarf Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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