Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Keith Keppel
Year Of Registration: 2014
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2015
Seedling Number: 05-96F
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 35 inches (89 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Flower Form: Bubble Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Orchid
Pink
Flower Patterns: Bicolor
Bloom Color Description: Peach pink standards, lavender flush up midrib; medium dark lavender falls, 1/4" digitalis band, shoulders flushed peach beige
Beard Color: Tomato red in throat, middle has white base with with etruscan red tips, lavender ends
Style Arm Color: Peach pink, lavender lip
Awards: Honorable Mention: 2017
Award of Merit: 2019

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: 00-104-A: (Trade Secret x Lotus Land) X Bowled Over
Child plants: 17 child plants

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Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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Location: My Garden in Fort Worth, TX
Date: 2023-04-23
Location: My Garden in Fort Worth, TX
Date: 2023-04-15
Location: Keith Keppel's Garden
Date: 2015-05-13
Location: My Garden in Fort Worth, TX
Date: 2023-04-23

Date: 2015-05-15
Uploaded by coboro

Date: 2015-05-15
Location: My Garden in Janesville, WI
Date: 2017-05-23

Date: 2015-05-11

Date: 2017-05-29
Location: Mount Enterprise, Texas
Location: Mid-America Gardens
Date: 2015-05-13
Location: Keith Keppel's Garden
Date: 2015-05-13
Location: Cisco, Tx 
Date: 2020-04-11
Location: Chino Valley Arizona
Date: 2021-05-04
Location: Keith Keppel's Garden
Date: 2015-05-14
Location: My Garden in Fort Worth, TX
Date: 2023-04-20
Location: My Garden in Fort Worth, TX
Date: 2023-04-15
Location: Northern Germany
Date: 2023-06-07
Uploaded by coboro
Location: Catheys Valley CA
Photo courtesy of Superstition Iris Gardens, posted with permissi

Photo courtesy of Keith Keppel Irises
Comments:
  • Posted by FlowFormFool on Apr 25, 2023 12:34 PM concerning plant:
    Keith Keppel congratulations on your awards of merit.
    The beautiful hybrid resembles the name.
    kind regards Wendolyn Nicholds daylily hybridizer Ontario Daylily Society
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