Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Paul Black
Year Of Registration: 2011
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2012
Seedling Number: Q107A
Classification: Standard Dwarf Bearded (SDB)
Registered Height: 15.5 inches (39 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Mid Late
Late
Bloom Color Classification: Lavender
Bloom Color Description: Mid dark smoky orchid standard bases and midribs blended to mid pink mauve in upper 1/2; mid smoky rose mauve falls, darker textured veins and hafts, light smoky blue flush around beard and white dart at end of beards
Beard Color: Dark smoky orange in throat blending to mid smoky orange in middle, ending in mid lilac dots on tips, hairs based dark lilac
Style Arm Color: Mid pink mauve, dark orchid ridge and stigmatic lip
Fragrance: Slight
Musky
Awards: Honorable Mention: 2015
Award of Merit: 2017

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: N334A: (J406B: (Dancing Bunnies x D170BB: (A138B: (Stardate x 90-245s: ((822D: (Ice Chalet x Dixie Pixie) x C. Palmer 8134) x ((Oriental Blush x Gigglepot) x (822D: (Ice Chalet x Dixie Pixie) x C. Palmer 8134)))) x 91-234G: (85-306B: (Apricot Elf x 83-129A: (Melon Honey x unknown) x 89-255A: ((((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 T. Johnson T275A: (Navy Ruffles x Hot Jazz)) X T. Johnson TX100A: (Stormy Circle x TU323A: (Stormy Circle x Neutron))
Child plants: 21 child plants

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Common names
  • Standard Dwarf Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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Date: 2014-10-08
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Date: 2014-10-08
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Location: My garden in southeast Nebraska
Date: 2014-10-08

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