Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: E. Hall
Year Of Registration: 1984
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1984
Seedling Number: 81-26-3C
Classification: Standard Dwarf Bearded (SDB)
Registered Height: 12 inches (30 cm)
Bloom Season: Very Early
Early
Early Mid
Mid
Mid Late
Late
Very Late
Rebloom
Rebloom by Zone: Known To Rebloom Zone 5: -20° to -10°
Bloom Color Classification: Purple
Flower Patterns: Bitone
Bloom Color Description: Dark purple
Beard Color: Mid-violet
Fragrance: Slight
Spicy
Awards: Honorable Mention: 1987
Award of Merit: 1989

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: Sapphire Jewel X Baby Blessed
Child plants: 9 child plants

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Common names
  • Iris
  • Standard Dwarf Bearded Iris

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Location: Iowa
Date: 2019-04-24
Location: Michigan-my garden
Photo by pinkiris
Location: Perkins, Oklahoma
Date: 2021-04-01
Jewel Baby Starts My Oklahoma Morning
Photo by stilldew
Photo by pinkiris
Photo by grannysgarden
Location: Chatham, VA
Date: 04/01/2023
Photo by pinkiris
Photo by avmoran
Location: southeast Nebraska 
Date: 2022-04-30
One of the first to bloom.  Dark velvety purple.
Location: my front yard
Date: 2013-05-06
Photo by stilldew
Location: my front yard
Date: 2012-04-22
Location: southeast Nebraska 
Date: 2022-04-30
One of the first to bloom.  Dark velvety purple.
Photo by grannysgarden
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Comments:
  • Posted by grannysgarden (Harris Brake Lake, Arkansas - Zone 7a) on Feb 6, 2015 1:26 AM concerning plant:
    Jewel Baby is a reliable spring bloomer for me. It has been listed as a re-bloomer but has never re-bloomed in my garden. Zone 7a. Increases well. Hardy iris.
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