Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: A. & D. Willott
Year Of Registration: 1980
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1981
Seedling Number: 78-51
Classification: Miniature Dwarf Bearded (MDB)
Registered Height: 6 inches 115 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Mid Late
Late
Bloom Color Classification: Light blue
White
Bloom Color Description: White standards, slightly tinged blue; light blue falls
Beard Color: Pale blue
Awards: Honorable Mention: 1983
Award of Merit: 1986
Caparne-Welch Medal: 1989

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
Parentage: 74-46: (Carousel Princess x Gunga Din) X Greenlee GX-11
Child plants: 3 child plants

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  • Iris
  • Miniature Dwarf Bearded Iris

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Location: my garden, Utah
Date: 2018-04-20
Location: Garden that used to be my lawn
Date: 2018-04-20

Photo April 29, 2007

Photo April 30, 2007
Location: Zone 7
Date: 2014-04-15

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