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Hybridizer: Keith Keppel
Year Of Registration: 2014
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2015
Seedling Number: 04-13A
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 33 inches (84 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Flower Form: Bubble Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Copper/Brown
Orange
Yellow
Flower Patterns: Blend
Bloom Color Description: Capucine orange standards; capucine yellow falls, center slightly paler, hafts slightly darker mikado orange with soft rosewood veining extending onto shoulder
Beard Color: Solid red orange
Style Arm Color: Capucine orange
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: 99-128A: (95-42A: (92-84D: (Night Game x 89-152A: (((Winemaster x Congratulations) x Faraway Places) x (Faraway Places x Heathen))) x 90-98A: (Jolt x 88-99A: (Florida Orange x (Flashpoint x 79-56E: ((72-5B x Orange Empire) x Orangerie))))) x Sunblaze) X Golden Panther
Child plants: 4 child plants

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Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
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Location: My Garden in Janesville, WI
Date: 2021-05-30
Uploaded by Neela
Location: My garden, Watkins Glen, NY
Date: 6.3.23
Uploaded by Neela
Location: Keith Keppel's Garden
Date: 2015-05-13
Location: Michigan-my garden
Date: Spring 2021
Uploaded by Dachsylady86

Date: 2015-05-11
Uploaded by Neela
Location: Mid-America Gardens
Date: 2015-05-13
Location: Mid-America Gardens
Date: 2015-05-13
Location: Washington 8b
Date: 2018-05-19
Location: Keith Keppel's Garden
Date: 2015-05-13
Location: Michigan-my garden
Date: 2021-06-20
Location: Catheys Valley California
Photo courtesy of Superstition Iris Gardens, posted with permissi

Date: 2015-05-11
Location: Washington
Date: 2016-05-11
Location: Columbia, SC
Date: 2018-04-28
Location: Columbia, SC
Date: 2018-04-28
Location: Columbia, SC
Date: 2018-04-28

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