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Hybridizer: Keith Keppel
Year Of Registration: 2009
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2010
Seedling Number: 02-73B
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 38 inches (97 cm)
Bloom Season: Early Mid
Flower Form: Bubble Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Cream
Wine
Flower Patterns: Plicata
Bloom Color Description: Dark reddish mulberry purple standards, very faint cream underlay toward center; 3/4" to 1" dark grape purple outer band and dotting on falls, light martius yellow center with few fine grape speckles, smaller white ground area at haft
Beard Color: Spanish yellow, layered yellow/violet/violet white giving greyed mustard effect at end
Style Arm Color: Light prune purple
Awards: Honorable Mention: 2012
Award of Merit: 2015

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: 98-204G: (Charleston x 92-44A: (87-26A: (Rosarita x 82-11K: (78-81A: (Rancho Rose x 75-113B: (71-12C: (68-5A: ((Henna Stitches x (Maricopa x Chinquapin)) x Montage) x Roundup) x 71-43D: (68-17B: (Montage x April Melody) x April Melody))) x Gigolo)) x Power Surge)) X 00-45A: (Storm Track x Drama Queen)
Child plants: 18 child plants

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Date: 2020-05-25

Date: 2019-05-15

Date: 2015-04-24

Date: 2020-05-22

Date: 2015-04-24
Location: Keith Keppel's Garden
Date: 2015-05-13
Location: Mid-America Gardens, Salem, Oregon
Date: 2016-05-05
Location: Keith Keppel's Garden
Date: 2015-05-14
Location: My Garden in Fort Worth, TX
Date: 2020-04-14
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Location: my garden
Date: 2016-04-20

Date: 2014-05-20
Location: My Garden in Janesville, WI
Date: 2018-06-01
Location: My Garden in Fort Worth, TX
Date: 2020-04-14
Location: Catheys Valley CA
Photo courtesy of Superstition Iris Gardens, posted with permissi
Location: Keith Keppel's Garden
Date: 2015-05-13
Location: My garden
Date: 2016-04-21
Uploaded by coboro
Location: My Garden in Fort Worth, TX
Date: 2020-04-14
Location: Bay View Gardens
Date: 2011-04-28
Location: Frannie's Iris Garden, Elk Grove, CA
Date: 2016-05-03
Uploaded by Betja
Location: my yard

Photo courtesy of Keith Keppel Irises
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Location: Home garden
Date: 2015-04-18
Uploaded by Betja

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Photo courtesy of Mid-America Garden

Date: 2013-04-21
Photo courtesy of Napa Country Iris Garden

Photo courtesy of Iris Sisters Farm, used with permission
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