Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Lynn Markham
Year Of Registration: 2012
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2012
Seedling Number: 98-2C3
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 34 inches (86 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Mid Late
Late
Flower Form: Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Gold
White
Flower Patterns: Plicata
Bloom Color Description: Blue white standards shading to pale blue haze at edges; blue white falls, pale blue dots visible within and near the blue haze edges, dot pattern intensifying near hafts and blending to marbled antique gold
Beard Color: White, gold frosting intensifying in throat, white frosted gold in middle, white at end
Style Arm Color: Cream, soft butter yellow crests

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: 94-2E: (Keppel 85-18A: (82-11D: ((Rancho Rose x (71-12C: (68-5A: ((Henna Stitches x (Maricopa x Chinquapin)) x Montage) x Roundup) x (68-17B: (Montage x April Melody) x April Melody))) x Gigolo) x Keppel 79-47BB: (Goddess x 77-137F: ((71-50E: ((66-35B: ((Irma Melrose x Tea Apron) x ((Full Circle x Rococo) x Tea Apron)) x April Melody) x (66-35C x April Melody)) x Osage Buff) x 74-52A: ((Joy Ride x Roundup) x (April Melody x 68-40B: (((Irma Melrose x Tea Apron) x ((Full Circle x Rococo) x Tea Apron)) x April Melody)))))) x Secret Weapon) X Pink Presence

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Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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Location: Garland (Dallas), TX
Date: 2015-04-29
Photograph courtesy of Cathy Dudley.  Posted with permission.  Al
Location: Keith Keppel's Garden
Date: 2015-05-14
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Location: Keith Keppel's Garden
Date: 2015-05-14
Location: Mt. Pleasant Iris in WA
Date: 2015-05-13
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