Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Keith Keppel
Year Of Registration: 2000
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2000
Seedling Number: 93-139C
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 37 inches (94 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Flower Form: Ruffled
Laced
Bloom Color Classification: Pink
Bloom Color Description: Opera pink, paler center and baby pink shoulders on falls
Beard Color: Coral to brigand
Style Arm Color: Creamy peach
Foliage: Purple Based
Awards: Honorable Mention: 2002
Award of Merit: 2004
John C. Wister Medal: 2006
Fred and Barbara Walther Cup: 2002

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: Gatty X6-1: (Femme Fatale x T-1-2: ((Nefertiti x Playgirl) x Presence)) X Social Event
Child plants: 78 child plants

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Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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Location: Southeast Nebraska
Date: 2014-05-24
Location: Garland, TX
Date: 2018-04-24
Location: Menton, France
Date: 2017-04-22
Photo by Snork
Location: Cottonwood, CA
Date: 2021-04-12
Photo by iciris
Location: Home
Location: Royal Botanical Gardens, Burlington, ON, Canada
Date: 2014-06-05
Location: Fairfax, Virginia (May 2022)
Date: 2022-05-21
Location: Schreiners Gardens
Date: 2012-05-31

Photo 5/13/10
Location: Menton, France
Date: 2017-04-21
Location: Mount Enterprise, Texas
Date: 2024-04-17
Location: Garland, TX
Date: 2018-04-24
Location: Nocona,Texas zn.7 My gardens
Date: 2020-04-26
Photo by iciris
Location: Schreiners Gardens
Date: 2012-05-31
Location: Cisco, Tx 
Date: 2021-04-30
Location: Philo, California
Date: 2015-05-08
Location: My Gardens
Date: May 20, 2015
Cloudy, Cold & Temp 41°F!
Location: My Gardens
Date: May 27, 2008
One Of Keppel's Best!
Location: Schreiner's Iris Gardens, Salen, Oregon
Date: 2015-05-18
AIS National Convention, Portland, OR--Iris in Wonderland 2015
Photo by KatsI2
Location: Home
Location: Santa Cruz, California
Date: 2017-04-21
Location: Nocona,Texas zn.7 My gardens
Date: April29,2018
Photo by Betja
Photo by avmoran
Location: Fairfax, Virginia (May 2022)
Date: 2022-05-21
Location: McEwen, TN
Date: 2018-05-07
Location: My Gardens
Date: May 27, 2008
A Single Bloom
Location: Panama Illinois
Date: 2019
Location: Nocona,Texas zn.7 My gardens
Date: April 26,2020
Location: BC
Date: May 2013
Featuring Happenstance
Location: My Gardens
Date: May 20, 2015
Cloudy, Cold & Temp 41°F!
Photo by Betja
Location: Western Kentucky
Date: April 2012

Photo 5/13/10
Location: My garden in southeast Nebraska
Date: 2011-05-11
Location: Whitesboro, TX
Date: 2017-06-08
Image courtesy of The Shady Spot Iris. All rights reserved.
Location: Garland, TX
Date: 2018-04-22
Photo by JuliaNY
Location: My garden in southeast Nebraska
Date: 2010-05-13
Location: My garden in southeast Nebraska
Date: 2011-05-16
Photo by Muddymitts
Photo by pinkiris
Location: My Gardens
Date: May 30, 2011
One of Keppel's Best Pinks

Happenstance
Location: My garden in southeast Nebraska
Date: 2012-05-03
Photo by avmoran
Location: At Napa Iris Gardens
Date: 2014-04-26
Location: In my garden. Poland.
Location: God's Garden - Atwater CA
Date: April 2014
Location: My garden in southeast Nebraska
Date: 2010-05-14
Location: My garden in southeast Nebraska
Date: 2011-05-17
Photo by Muddymitts
Photo by Muddymitts
Location: Australia
Date: 2022-11-09
Happenstance
Photo by Betja
Location: My garden in southeast Nebraska
Date: 2012-04-28
Location: My garden in southeast Nebraska
Date: 2009-05-21
Location: southern KY
Date: 2018-05-10
Location: My garden in zone 5/6 Indiana. 
Date: 5/14
Location: My garden in southeast Nebraska
Date: 2011-05-17
Photo by Calif_Sue

Photo courtesy of Comanche Acres Iris Garden
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Location: My garden in southeast Nebraska
Date: 2011-05-16
Location: Madrid, Spain | April, 2023
Date: 2023-04-08
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Comments:
  • Posted by KentPfeiffer (Southeast Nebraska - Zone 5b) on Mar 22, 2012 9:35 PM concerning plant:
    One of the best growing pink iris I've had in my garden.
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