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Hybridizer: Keith Keppel
Year Of Registration: 2005
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2006
Seedling Number: 99-82B
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 37 inches (94 cm)
Bloom Season: Late
Flower Form: Ruffled
Laced
Bloom Color Classification: Orchid
Violet
Bloom Color Description: Wood violet standards; royal purple falls, hazy bluer area near beard
Beard Color: Light blue, tipped light yellow
Style Arm Color: Light wood violet
Awards: Honorable Mention: 2008
Award of Merit: 2010

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: Rosette Wine X 97-52D: (Fashionably Late x Nora Eileen)
Child plants: one child plant

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Common names
  • Iris
  • Tall Bearded Iris

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Location: My garden
Date: 2020-06-07
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Location: My garden
Date: 2018-06-06
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Location: My garden, Watkins Glen, NY
Date: June 2019
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Location: My Garden in Janesville, WI
Date: 2016-06-03
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Location: Santa Cruz Mountains, California
Date: 2017-05-14
Aristocracy (keppel '06)

Date: May 27, 2011 2:59 PM
Location: My garden
Date: 2018-06-06

Date: 2009-03-16
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Photo by Betja
Photo by mattsmom
Location: Schreiners Gardens
Date: 2012-06-04
Location: Iowa
Date: 2012-05-13

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Comments:
  • Posted by mattsmom (WI) on Sep 29, 2011 10:18 PM concerning plant:
    One of the most prolific bloomers & increasers here in my zone 4a garden.
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