Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Bee Warburton
Year Of Registration: 1971
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1972
Seedling Number: 116N-1
Classification: Standard Dwarf Bearded (SDB)
Registered Height: 14 inches (36 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Mid Late
Late
Bloom Color Classification: Yellow
Bloom Color Description: Light to full yellow, slight appearance of blending
Beard Color: Violet blue
Awards: Honorable Mention: 1973
Award of Merit: 1975
Cook-Douglas Medal: 1977

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: 56IJ-2: (((Great Lakes x blue pumila) x (blue pumila x Spanish Peaks)) x Blueberry Muffins) X 57I-4: (37DE-330 x Blueberry Muffins)
Child plants: 83 child plants

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Common names
  • Standard Dwarf Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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Location: In my garden at Middletown, DE
Date: 2018-05-05

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