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Hybridizer: Keith Keppel
Year Of Registration: 2008
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2009
Seedling Number: 01-60A
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 40 inches (102 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid Late
Bloom Color Classification: Magenta
White
Yellow
Flower Patterns: Emma Cook
Bloom Color Description: Cream to pale yellow standards, lemon yellow in center; lemon yellow falls, warm white below beards, violet band, liver brown outer band, sorghum brown outmost edge
Beard Color: Deep chrome yellow
Style Arm Color: Lemon yellow to cream, faint orchid cast above lip
Awards: Honorable Mention: 2011

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: Starship Enterprise X Rio
Child plants: 3 child plants

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Common names
  • Iris
  • Tall Bearded Iris

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