Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Paul Black
Year Of Registration: 2005
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2005
Seedling Number: J353B
Classification: Standard Dwarf Bearded (SDB)
Registered Height: 14 inches (36 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Bloom Color Classification: Lavender
Silver/Grey
White
Flower Patterns: Plicata
Bloom Color Description: Silvery white standards, wide diffuse orchid plicata band, greenish violet midrib; bright white falls, heavy darker orchid plicata wash and veins over haft becoming narrower and ending half way down falls
Beard Color: Medium lilac, white edges
Style Arm Color: White tipped orange
Fragrance: Slight
Sweet

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: E137BB: (C137A: (91280D: ((Apricot Elf x Pet) x ((Caesura x (Betsey Boo x (Antique Satin x Encanto))) x (Gigglepot x Oriental Blush))) x 91342C: ((Apricot Elf x (Melon Honey x unknown)) x ((((Buckwheat Honey x Cuban Cutie) x (Buckwheat Honey x Sundance Kid)) x (Pulse Rate x Mister Roberts)) x ((Oriental Blush x Sniffs 'n' Sneezes) x Pet)))) x Chanted) X Rebus
Child plants: one child plant

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Common names
  • Standard Dwarf Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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