Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Keith Keppel
Year Of Registration: 2014
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2015
Seedling Number: 06-77W
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 34 inches (86 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid Late
Flower Form: Bubble Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Blue
White
Flower Patterns: Amoena
Bloom Color Description: Cool white standards; blue purple standards, paler veining, 1/4" pale blue edge
Beard Color: Light blue tipped pale yellow in throat, amber yellow in middle, chrome yellow end
Style Arm Color: Blue white, blue violet midrib
Awards: Honorable Mention: 2017
Award of Merit: 2022

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: 4 child plants

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Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

Photo Gallery

Date: 2014-05-24
Photo by coboro
Location: Keith Keppel's Iris Garden, Salem, OR.
Date: 2015-05-19
Location: Keith Keppel's Garden
Date: 2015-05-19
Location: Southeast Indiana

Date: 2014-05-24
Location: Cisco, Tx 
Date: 2021-05-10
Photo by Moiris
Location: Keith Keppel's Garden

Photo courtesy of Keith Keppel Irises
Location: Keith Keppel's Garden
Date: 2015-05-14

Date: 2014-05-24

Date: 2014-05-22

Date: 2014-05-22
Photo by coboro
Location: Catheys Valley CA
Photo courtesy of Superstition Iris Gardens, posted with permissi

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