Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Marky Smith
Year Of Registration: 1992
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1994
Seedling Number: 89-25C
Classification: Standard Dwarf Bearded (SDB)
Registered Height: 13 1/2 inches (35 cm)
Bloom Season: Early
Flower Form: Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Wine
Yellow
Flower Patterns: Plicata
Bloom Color Description: Nearly solid burgundy standards, fading to buff washed burgundy in center, burgundy midrib; aureloin yellow falls, heavily lined and washed port wine, becoming solid port wine at rim
Beard Color: Old gold
Awards: Honorable Mention: 1996
Award of Merit: 1998

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: Rusty Dusty X Tender Tears
Child plants: 16 child plants

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  • Iris
  • Standard Dwarf Bearded Iris

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