Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Bee Warburton
Year Of Registration: 1974
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1974
Seedling Number: 143N-1
Classification: Standard Dwarf Bearded (SDB)
Registered Height: 14 1/2 inches (37 cm)
Bloom Season: Early
Early Mid
Mid
Mid Late
Late
Bloom Color Classification: Pink
Bloom Color Description: Pale red
Beard Color: Red
Awards: Honorable Mention: 1976
Award of Merit: 1980

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: Sweetie X E. Roberts 64R12: (TB orchid sdlg x Barium Gold) X Zickler sdlg: ((Twilight Sky x white pumila) x (Desert Song x white pumila))
Child plants: 103 child plants

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  • Iris
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Location: Garland, TX
Date: 2020-03-22
Location: Garland, TX
Date: 2019-04-05
Uploaded by TBGDN
Uploaded by TBGDN
Location: Overland Park, KS
Date: 2023-04-19
Location: Garland, TX
Date: 2018-03-23
Uploaded by TBGDN
Location: Twisp
Date: May
This poor thing languished out in the wild zone and didn't bloom
Location: Garland, TX
Date: 2018-03-24
Don't care for pinks much, but this one is such a cutie, couldn't
Location: Garland, TX
Date: 2018-03-23
Uploaded by crowrita1
Location: Overland Park, KS
Date: 2023-04-19
Betsey Boo on grey day
Location: Michigan-my garden
Date: Spring 2021
Location: Southeast Nebraska
Date: 2014-05-24
Comments:
  • Posted by grannysgarden (Harris Brake Lake, Arkansas - Zone 7a) on Feb 6, 2015 1:20 AM concerning plant:
    Betsey Boo, at almost 15 inches, is tall for an SDB but blooms faithfully each spring in my garden. Makes a great clump. Zone 7a

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