Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Paul Cook
Year Of Registration: 1951
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1951
Seedling Number: 2148
Classification: Standard Dwarf Bearded (SDB)
Registered Height: 10 inches (25 cm)
Bloom Season: Early
Bloom Color Classification: Green
White
Bloom Color Description: White, green spot on falls
Awards: Honorable Mention: 1951
Cook-Douglas Medal: 1968
Other: Cook-Douglas Award: 1959

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: Cook 10942 X yellow pumila
Child plants: 173 child plants

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Common names
  • Standard Dwarf Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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Location: Lundby, Denmark, EU
Date: 2019-05-10
Overcast, 1st day bloom
Location: Lundby, Denmark, EU
Date: 2019-05-10
Overcast, 1st day bloom
Location: Lundby, Denmark, EU
Date: 2019-05-10
Beard shot, overcast

Date: c. 1954
photo from the 1954 catalog, Longfield Iris Farm, Bluffton, India
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