Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Keith Keppel
Year Of Registration: 2014
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2015
Seedling Number: 05-76-H
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 36 inches (91 cm)
Bloom Season: Early
Early Mid
Mid
Flower Form: Bubble Ruffled
Flared
Bloom Color Classification: Cream
Peach
Purple
Violet
Yellow
Flower Patterns: Luminata
Bloom Color Description: Buff to straw yellow standards, large central flush of argyle purple; marguerite yellow falls heavily washed cygnet purple in center, more dotted and mottled rose purple on remainder, shoulders peach buff, cream heart around beard
Beard Color: Golden poppy in throat, white tipped orange at end
Style Arm Color: Light yellow, midrib rose lavender
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: 00-64A: (Fancy Dress x Vapor) X Teenybopper
Child plants: one child plant

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Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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Location: Washington
Date: 2016-05-05
Location: Kingsport, TN
Date: 2019-05-01
Morning sun
Location: Michigan-my garden
Date: May 27, 2022
Location: Michigan-my garden
Date: 2021
Location: Santa Cruz Mountains, California
Date: 2020-04-16

Date: 2015-05-11
Location: My Garden in Janesville, WI
Date: 2017-05-24
Location: Keith Keppel's Garden
Date: 2015-05-14

Date: 2015-05-11
Location: Keith Keppel's Garden
Date: 2015-05-13

Photo courtesy of Keith Keppel Irises
Location: Keith Keppel's Garden
Date: 2015-05-14
Location: Catheys Valley CA
Photo courtesy of Superstition Iris Gardens, posted with permissi

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