Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Keith Keppel
Year Of Registration: 1975
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1977
Seedling Number: 71-12B
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 38 inches (97 cm)
Bloom Season: Early Mid
Bloom Color Classification: Gold
White
Wine
Flower Patterns: Plicata
Bloom Color Description: Burnished gold standards, faint red infusion in midrib; oyster white falls, deepening to light yellow, heavy 3/4" dark red zanzibar border
Beard Color: Full yellow
Awards: Honorable Mention: 1978
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 9b
Flowers: Showy
Underground structures: Rhizome
Propagation: Seeds: Will not come true from seed
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Ploidy: Tetraploid
Parentage: 68-5A: ((Henna Stitches x (Maricopa x Chinquapin)) x Montage) X Roundup
Child plants: 64 child plants

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