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Hybridizer: Keith Keppel
Year Of Registration: 2008
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2009
Seedling Number: 04-93A
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 36 inches (91 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Flower Form: Bubble Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Blue
White
Flower Patterns: Emma Cook
Bloom Color Description: Blue white standards; white falls, 1/4" to 1/2" columbine blue shaded edge
Beard Color: Bright yellow
Style Arm Color: White, faintly edged pale blue
Awards: Honorable Mention: 2011
Award of Merit: 2013

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: Gypsy Lord X 02-185D: (Restless Heart x Queen's Circle)
Child plants: 19 child plants

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Common names
  • Iris
  • Tall Bearded Iris

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Location: Russia, Krasnodarskij Kraj
Date: 2016-05-14
Location: Oxfordshire, England
Date: 2018-06-07
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Location: In my garden
Date: 2015-05-03
Location: Garland (Dallas), TX
Date: 2015-04-27
Location: Russia, Krasnodarskij Kraj
Date: 2016-05-18
Location: My Garden in Janesville, WI
Date: 2013-06-15
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Date: 2018-05-19

Date: 2014-06-08
Location: Garland (Dallas), TX
Date: 2015-04-27
Location: In my garden
Date: 2015-05-03
Location: Photo by Carol Bacskai; zone 5b, Yorkville, IL
Date: 2023-05-29
Location: San Rafael, CA
Date: 2018-05-29

Date: 2014-06-08
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Location: Keith Keppel's Garden
Date: 2015-05-14
Location: In my garden, Middletown, Delaware
Date: 2020-05-28
Location: Cisco, Tx
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Location: Australia
Date: 2020-11-05
Location: My garden, Watkins Glen, NY
Date: May 2018
Location: My garden, Watkins Glen, NY
Date: May 2022
Location: Willamette Valley, Oregon 
Date: 2015-05-09
Location: Prescott, AZ
Date: 2017-04-24
Location: Napa Iris Gardens
Date: 2012-05-18
Location: In my garden at Middletown, DE
Date: 2016-05-24
Location: Russia, Krasnodarskij Kraj
Location: Home
Location: San Rafael, CA
Date: 2017-04-27

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Location: Cisco, Tx 
Date: 2019-04-23
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Photo by Betja

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Location: In my garden
Date: 2015-05-10
Location: Australia
Date: 2021-10-28
Location: Garland (Dallas), TX
Date: 2015-04-24
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Location: Home garden
Date: 2015-04-20
Location: Iowa
Date: 2012-05-10
Photo by tveguy3
Location: Schreiner's Garden
Date: 2017-05-22
Full sun, 91 degrees F 32.7 degrees C
Location: Garland (Dallas), TX
Date: 2015-04-27
Photo by Paul2032
Location: In my garden
Date: 2015-04-25
Location: Pleasant Grove, Utah
Date: 2012-05-21
In my garden
Location: Pleasant Grove, Utah
Date: 2012-05-21
In my garden
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Location: Napa Iris Gardens
Date: 2012-05-18
Location: Napa Iris Gardens
Date: 2012-05-18
Location: Australia
Date: 2022-11-05
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Location: Iowa
Date: 2012-05-13
Location: Pleasant Grove, Utah
Date: 2012-05-21
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