Hybridizer: | Keith Keppel |
Year Of Registration: | 1997 |
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): | 1998 |
Seedling Number: | 91-85A |
Classification: | Tall Bearded (TB) |
Registered Height: | 35 inches (89 cm) |
Bloom Season: | Early Mid |
Flower Form: | Ruffled |
Bloom Color Classification: | Peach Violet White |
Flower Patterns: | Plicata |
Bloom Color Description: | Buff peach standards; cream white falls, 3/16" amaranth purple edge and hafts, golden apricot haft suffusion |
Beard Color: | Bittersweet pink, flame in throat |
Style Arm Color: | Apricot, lavender midrib |
Fragrance: | Pronounced Sweet |
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 9b |
Flowers: | Showy Fragrant |
Underground structures: | Rhizome |
Propagation: Seeds: | Will not come true from seed |
Propagation: Other methods: | Division |
Ploidy: | Tetraploid |
Parentage: | Dawn Sky X Platform |
Child plants: | one child plant |
dragonfetti | On April 18, 2015 | Obtained plant I.R.I.S. Inland Region Iris Society sale; rhizome only; $4.00. LLO |
gardenglassgems | On August 20, 2022 | Transplanted from pot to Dizzy's Bed 1. Overwintered 1 large pot in garage 2022/2023. |
gardenglassgems | On September 4, 2021 | Potted up Removed from Veggie Raised Bed 5 and potted some rhizomes. |
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