Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Keith Keppel
Year Of Registration: 2008
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2009
Seedling Number: 02-162C
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 38 inches (97 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid Late
Flower Form: Bubble Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Peach
Wine
Flower Patterns: Bicolor
Bloom Color Description: Putty standards, heliotrope grey suffusion at base; falls blended grape juice and imperial purple, 1/4" aster violet edge
Beard Color: White, tipped rusty orange
Style Arm Color: Putty, lavender midrib
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: Poem of Ecstasy X Decadence
Child plants: 13 child plants

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Common names
  • Iris
  • Tall Bearded Iris

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Location: Southeast Indiana
Date: May
Tall Bearded Iris:  (Roaring Twenties)
Location: My garden in Bakersfield, CA
Date: 2023-05-05
Location: -Tasmania 2014
Location: My garden in Bakersfield, CA
Date: 2023-05-05

Date: 2018-05-24
Location: My garden in Bakersfield, CA
Date: 2023-05-05
Location: Willamette Valley, Oregon 
Date: 2015-05-09
Location: Keith Keppel's Garden
Date: 2015-05-14

Date: 2020-05-20
Photo by Betja
Location: My garden in Bakersfield, CA
Date: 2023-05-05
Location: Tawas Michigan under the Pines
Date: 2022-06-18
Location: Philo, California
Date: 2016-05-08
Location: Michigan-my garden
Date: June 7, 2017
Location: keppel garden
Date: 2012-06-04
Location: keppel garden
Date: 2012-06-04

Photo courtesy of Iris Sisters Farm, used with permission
Location: Michigan-my garden
Date: June 2016
Location: Nocona,Texas zn.7 My gardens
Date: 2020-04-22
Sharing this spot with Colorsplash & Diabolique
Location: Indiana
Date: May 2013
Roaring Twenties tall bearded iris
Location: Richlands, NC
Date: 2022-05-05

Roaring Twenties
Location: My garden in Bakersfield, CA
Date: May 2, 2012
Location: Schreiner's Gardens near Salem, OR
Date: 2015-05-14

Photo courtesy of Mid-America Garden
Location: Nocona,Texas zn.7 My gardens
Date: 2018-05-08
Location: My garden in Bakersfield, CA
Date: May 1, 2012
Location: My garden in Bakersfield, CA
Date: May 1, 2012
Location: Nocona,Texas zn.7 My gardens
Date: 2020-04-22
Seeing DOUBLE!

Photo courtesy of Sutton's Iris Gardens
  • Uploaded by Joy
Location: Arlington Houzz Front Garden
Date: 2018-06-07
Roaring Twenties  2018 -1st year bloom
Location: Nocona,Texas zn.7 My gardens
Date: May 8,2018
Location: Nocona,Texas zn.7 My gardens
Date: May 8,2018
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What a beautiful property!!! by cocoajuno May 2, 2020 7:51 AM 0

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