Data specific to Irises (Edit)
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

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 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

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Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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Location: -Tasmania 2014

Date: 2021-05-22
Location: www.dasIrisFeld.ch in Oetlishausen, Switzerland - photo by Sharlene Sutter
Date: 2021-05-29

Photo courtesy of Blue J Iris. Used with permission.

Photo Courtesy of Daylilies by the Pond. Used with Permission.
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Photo courtesy of Rainbow Iris Farm
Plant Events from our members
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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