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Hybridizer: Keith Keppel
Year Of Registration: 2013
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2014
Seedling Number: 06-77A
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 38 inches (97 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Flower Form: Bubble Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Violet
Yellow
Flower Patterns: Bicolor
Bloom Color Description: Chrome lemon standards; lobelia to columbine falls, 1/16" pineapple blended edge, inconspicuous hafts blended absinthe yellow and liver brown
Beard Color: Mustard chrome in throat and middle, mustard yellow end with hair base of lavender white
Style Arm Color: Chrome lemon, lavender midrib and lip
Awards: Honorable Mention: 2016
Award of Merit: 2018

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: Silk Road X Roaring Twenties
Child plants: 5 child plants

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Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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Location: My garden
Date: June 4, 2019
Location: My Garden in Janesville, WI
Date: 2016-05-30
Location: Home
Location: My Garden in Janesville, WI
Date: 2015-06-04

Date: 2014-05-20

Date: 2015-05-14
Photo by coboro
Location: Keith Keppel's Garden
Date: 2015-05-13
Location: Garland, TX
Date: 2020-04-29
Location: Garland, TX
Date: 2020-04-29
Location: Willamette Valley, Oregon 
Date: 2015-05-09
Location: Mid-America Gardens
Date: 2015-05-13
Location: Catheys Valley CA
Photo courtesy of Superstition Iris Gardens, posted with permissi
Location: Keith Keppel's Garden
Date: 2015-05-13
Location: Cisco, Tx 
Date: 2021-05-01
Location: Mid-America Gardens, Salem, Oregon
Date: 2016-05-05
Photo by coboro
Location: keppel garden
Location: Garland, TX
Date: 2020-04-28
Photo by ARUBA1334
Location: Keith Keppel's Garden
Date: 2015-05-14
Photo by coboro
Photo by ARUBA1334
Location: Catheys Valley CA
Date: 04-27-2015
Photo courtesy of Superstition Iris Gardens, posted with permissi

Photo courtesy of Keith Keppel Irises

Date: 2014-05-20

Photo courtesy of Stout Gardens
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