Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Keith Keppel
Year Of Registration: 2000
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2000
Seedling Number: 93-72B
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 37 inches (94 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Flower Form: Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Orchid
Violet
Bloom Color Description: Pale lavender blue standards, amber tan basal suffusion; vatican purple falls, faint rubient haft suffusion and narrow violet edge, faint darker wire rim
Beard Color: Navaho, slight violet base
Style Arm Color: Pale lavender blue, crests edged amber
Foliage: Purple Based
Awards: Honorable Mention: 2002
Award of Merit: 2004

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: 89-79D: (Witches' Sabbath x Gallant Rogue) X Romantic Evening
Child plants: 35 child plants

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Date: April 22, 2012
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