Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Barry Blyth
Year Of Registration: 2010
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2011
Seedling Number: Q8-1
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 34 inches (86 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid Late
Flower Form: Bubble Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Peach
Violet
White
Flower Patterns: Emma Cook
Bloom Color Description: Peach to apricot coffee standards; light violet falls, 3/8" mushroom edge, soft burgundy hafts, apricot beside beards, creamy white outburst in center
Beard Color: Vivid tangerine

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: Gypsy Lord X Keppel 02-177XY: (Brave Face x Parisian Dawn)
Child plants: 5 child plants

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Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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Location: Bochnia, Poland
Date: 2013-07-18

Date: 2014-04-24
Location: Keith Keppel's Garden
Date: 2015-05-14
Location: Bochnia, Poland
Date: 2013-07-19
Location: Bochnia, Poland
Date: 2013-07-19

Date: 2016-10-31

Date: 2017-11-10
Location: Keppel garden
Date: 2012-06-04
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Date: 2016-05-05

Photo courtesy of Iris Sisters Farm, used with permission
Location: My garden in Bakersfield, CA
Date: 2013-04-22
Location: My garden in Bakersfield, CA
Date: 2013-04-22
Location: My garden in Bakersfield, CA
Date: 2013-04-22

Date: 2014-04-28

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