Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Keith Keppel
Year Of Registration: 2007
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2008
Seedling Number: 98-42B
Classification: Standard Dwarf Bearded (SDB)
Registered Height: 14 inches (36 cm)
Bloom Season: Early Mid
Bloom Color Classification: Black
Flower Patterns: Bitone
Bloom Color Description: Red black standards; black falls
Beard Color: Purple, tipped mustard brown, mustard yellow in throat
Style Arm Color: Red black
Awards: Honorable Mention: 2010
Award of Merit: 2012

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: 94-15B: (91-25R: (Jade Jewels x Chanted) x 91-5C: (Dark Vader x Hager: (Demon x (Combo x (Noisemaker x Pepper Mill))))) X 94-6C: (91-10B: (Jungle Warrior x Wunderkind) x 91-5D: (Dark Vader x Hager: (Demon x (Combo x (Noisemaker x Pepper Mill))))
Child plants: 5 child plants

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Common names
  • Iris
  • Standard Dwarf Bearded Iris

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Location: Mid-America Gardens near Salem, OR
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