Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Barry Blyth
Year Of Registration: 1976
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1976
Seedling Number: H52-2
Classification: Standard Dwarf Bearded (SDB)
Registered Height: 14 inches (36 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Bloom Color Classification: Green
Light blue
Flower Patterns: Bicolor
Bloom Color Description: Pale blue standards; lime chartreuse lemon falls

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: Sea Frost X Gingerbread Man
Child plants: 29 child plants

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Common names
  • Standard Dwarf Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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Location: my garden, Utah
Date: 2020-04-25
Location: Menton, France
Date: 2019-04-06
an old, but still beautiful, Blyth sdb
Uploaded by grannysgarden
Uploaded by grannysgarden
Uploaded by grannysgarden
Location:  my home garden

Image courtesy of Cayeux Iris

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