Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Jayne Ritchie
Year Of Registration: 1984
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1984
Seedling Number: 79-4-3
Classification: Standard Dwarf Bearded (SDB)
Registered Height: 11 inches (28 cm)
Bloom Season: Very Early
Bloom Color Classification: Light blue
Yellow
Bloom Color Description: Light blue, olive yellow hafts
Beard Color: Deep violet blue, tipped light blue
Fragrance: Pronounced
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: 75-S-1: (Baby Snowflake x Pale Suede) X Dainty Toddler
Child plants: 23 child plants

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Common names
  • Standard Dwarf Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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Location: my garden, Utah
Date: 2019-04-24

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