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Hybridizer: Keith Keppel
Year Of Registration: 1987
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1988
Seedling Number: 81-95B
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 37 inches (94 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Flower Form: Ruffled
Bloom Color Description: Antique gold standards flushed faded rose; henna falls, paling to antique gold at margin
Beard Color: Florida gold, tipped chrome orange
Fragrance: Slight
Sweet
Awards: Honorable Mention: 1990
Award of Merit: 1992
Franklin Cook Memorial Cup: 1990

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
Fragrant
Underground structures: Rhizome
Propagation: Seeds: Will not come true from seed
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Ploidy: Tetraploid
Parentage: Laredo X Dazzling Gold
Child plants: 72 child plants

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Common names
  • Iris
  • Tall Bearded Iris

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Location: Philo, California
Date: 2020-05-03
after rain
Photo by Calif_Sue
Location: iowa
Date: 2011-05-22
Location: My garden in Northwest Arkansas
Date: 05/05/2015
First bloom season
Location: Philo, California
Date: 2023-05-14
Revived by rain!
Location: Home
Date: 2014-05-19
Location: Cottonwood, CA
Date: 2020-04-18
Location: My Garden in Fort Worth, TX
Date: 2020-04-06
Location: My Garden in Fort Worth, TX
Date: 2020-04-06

Date: 2012-05-14
Photo by Calif_Sue
Location: Philo, California
Date: 2018-05-05
Location: San Marcos, CA 
Date: 2023-04-25
Location: north central Texas
Date: 2004-04-27
Location: Philo, California
Date: 2016-04-17
Location: Panama Illinois
Date: 2016-01-08
Location: Philo, California
Date: 2021-05-06
Better every year
Location: Philo, California
Date: 2020-05-01
Location: West Valley City, UT
Date: 2016-05-15
Location: My garden in Alabaster, AL
Date: 2024-04-15
Location: My garden in Kentucky
Date: 2009-05-09
First year bloom
Location: My Garden in Fort Worth, TX
Date: 2017-04-22
Location: Utah
Date: 2022-05-15
Photo by Betja

Rustler
Location: Vancouver,  WA 
Date: 2018-05-14
5 14 2018
Location: My Garden in Fort Worth, TX
Date: 2017-04-22
Location: Iowa
Location: My garden in Kentucky
Date: 2009-05-09
First year bloom
Location: Philo, California
Date: 2016-04-22
Location: Chino Valley Arizona
Date: 2021-05-08
Location: In my garden
Date: 2013-05-01
Location: Philo, California
Date: 2016-04-17
Location: Iowa
Date: 2012-05-03
Photo by Calif_Sue
Photo by Betja
Location: My garden in Kentucky
Date: 2009-05-09
First year bloom
Location: Schreiner's Gardens near Salem, OR
Date: 2015-05-14

Photo courtesy of Pleasants Valley Iris Farm
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Date: 2012-05-17
Location: My sister's garden in Bakersfield, CA
Date: March 31, 2012
Location: My sister's garden in Bakersfield, CA
Date: March 31, 2012
Location: My garden in Kentucky
Date: 2009-05-12
First year bloom
Location: In my garden
Date: 2013-05-01
Location: In my garden
Date: 2014-04-10
Photo by Calif_Sue

Date: 2012-05-17

Date: 2012-04-20

Date: 2012-04-20
Location: My garden in Kentucky
Date: 2009-05-12
First year bloom
Location: Pleasant Grove ,Utah
Date: 2011-06-02
Location: Pleasant Grove, Utah
Date: 2011-06-02

Photo courtesy of Blue J Iris. Used with permission.

Date: 2012-05-14

Date: 2012-05-14
Photo by Calif_Sue

Date: 2015-05-13
Photo by avmoran
Location: In my garden. Poland.

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