Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Michael Sutton
Year Of Registration: 2019
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2020
Seedling Number: AD-70-A
Classification: Standard Dwarf Bearded (SDB)
Registered Height: 12 inches (30 cm)
Bloom Season: Early
Bloom Color Description: Pale red purple standards, violet at midrib base; rose purple falls, darker thumbprint, small ice blue spot below beards
Beard Color: Pale violet tipped orange red, white at end
Style Arm Color: Mauve, violet stigmatic lips
Fragrance: Pronounced
Sweet
Awards: Honorable Mention: 2022

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
Fragrant
Underground structures: Rhizome
Propagation: Seeds: Will not come true from seed
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Ploidy: Amphidiploid
Parentage: Golden Apricot X Bumpkin

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Common names
  • Standard Dwarf Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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Location: Star, ID
Image courtesy of Sutton Iris Gardens. All rights reserved.
Location: Photo by Carol Bacskai; zone 5b, Yorkville, IL
Date: 2023-05-10
Location: Garland, TX
Date: 2021-04-10
Location: Garland, TX
Date: 2021-04-10
Location: Garland, TX
Date: 2021-04-09
Location: East facing garden zone 6b
Date: April 2024
First bloom of spring. Taken during dawn sunlight. Love the color
Location: Garland, TX
Date: 2021-04-10

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