Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Keith Keppel
Year Of Registration: 2007
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2008
Seedling Number: 99-117G
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 36 inches (91 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid Late
Flower Form: Bubble Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Orchid
Flower Patterns: Bitone
Bloom Color Description: Pale lilac blue standards; lilac blue falls
Beard Color: Blue, tipped orange
Style Arm Color: Lilac blue shaded darker
Awards: Honorable Mention: 2010

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: 96-45GG: (Lotus Land x Fogbound) X Poem of Ecstasy
Child plants: 3 child plants

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Common names
  • Iris
  • Tall Bearded Iris

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Location: Los Altos, CA
Date: 2017-05-12
Location: Philo, California
Date: 2016-05-30
Location: Schreiners Gardens
Date: 2012-06-04
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