Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Keith Keppel
Year Of Registration: 2009
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2010
Seedling Number: 02-81A
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 38 inches (97 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Flower Form: Bubble Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Copper/Brown
Wine
Yellow
Flower Patterns: Plicata
Bloom Color Description: Blackish port wine standards shaded red brown, slight light yellow ground showing in lower center; falls have blackish port wine edge and striations, intense dandelion gold
Beard Color: Mustard yellow
Style Arm Color: Java brown, slight yellow lace points
Awards: Honorable Mention: 2012
Award of Merit: 2014
John C. Wister Medal: 2016

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: 98-204Q: (98-204H: (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 Drama Queen
Child plants: 35 child plants

Image
Common names
  • Iris
  • Tall Bearded Iris

Photo Gallery
Location: San Rafael, CA
Date: 2018-05-01
Location: KALAMA WA 
Date: 2016-05-18
  • Uploaded by Joy

Date: 2020-05-24
Location: Garland, TX
Date: 2020-04-20
Photo by Neela
Location: Keith Keppel's Garden
Date: 2015-05-13
Location: My Garden in Kalama, Wa
Date: 2016-05-18
  • Uploaded by Joy
Location: WRP OKC
Date: May 2015
Tuscan Summer
Location: my yard
Location: Russia, Rostov Region. Natalia Ternovaya 's Garden 
Date: 2023-05-25

Date: 2017-06-01
Location: Western Washington
Date: 2020-05-14
Location: My garden, Watkins Glen, NY
Date: May 2022
Lit by the rising sun
Location: My garden
Date: 2019-05-24
Location: Garland, TX
Date: 2020-04-20
Location: San Rafael, CA
Date: 2018-04-23

Date: 2015-04-25
Location: Keith Keppel's Garden
Date: 2015-05-13

Date: 2017-06-01
Location: KALAMA WA
Date: 2016-05-18
  • Uploaded by Joy
Location: In my garden at Middletown, DE
Date: 2016-05-22

Date: 2014-05-29

Date: 2012-05-16
Location: Keith Keppel's Garden
Date: 2015-05-13

Date: 2012-05-16
Location: Mid-America Gardens, Salem, Oregon
Date: 2016-05-05
Location: Santa Cruz, California
Date: 2017-04-22
Photo by Serjio
Photo by Serjio
Location: Garland, TX
Date: 2020-04-20

Date: 2014-05-22

Date: 2020-05-04
Location: my yard
Date: 2018
Location: Southern California zone 10a
Date: April 13, 2016
Maiden bloom

Date: 2012-05-22
Location: My garden
Date: 2019-05-25
Backlit by bright sunshine.
Location: Schreiners Gardens
Date: 2012-06-01
Location: San Rafael, CA
Date: 2018-04-23
Photo by Betja

Date: 2015-05-27

Date: 2015-05-27
Location: Cisco, Tx 
Date: 2020-04-15
Location: Chino Valley Arizona
Date: 2020-05-17
Photo by Serjio
Photo by Serjio
Location: Clymer,PA
Date: 05/20/2019
Photo by Paul2032
Location: My garden
Date: 2019-05-25
First year bloom.
Location: My garden
Date: 2019-05-30
In full sun.
Location: At Napa Iris Gardens
Date: 2014-04-26
Location: Russia, Rostov Region. Natalia Ternovaya 's Garden 
Date: 2023-05-25

Date: 2012-05-17
Photo by Betja
Location: Chino Valley Arizona
Date: 2021-05-04

Date: 2014-06-01
Location: San Rafael, CA
Date: 2018-04-23
Location: Mariposa Iris Garden
Date: 2016-05-10
Location: Iowa
Date: 2013-06-02

Date: 2013-05-26
Location: Western Washington
Date: 2016-05-04
Photo by Betja
Location: keppel garden
Date: 2012-06-01

Date: 2014-05-29

Date: 2014-05-29

Date: 2012-05-16
Location: Catheys Valley CA
Photo courtesy of Superstition Iris Gardens, posted with permissi
Photo by Betja
Photo by Betja
Location: Pleasant Grove, Utah
Date: 2012-05-16
In my garden

Date: 2013-05-26

Date: 2012-05-17
Photo by Betja

Photo courtesy of Sutton's Iris Gardens
  • Uploaded by Joy

Date: 2012-05-17
Location: Willamette Valley Oregon
Date: 2014-05-24
Photo by Paul2032
Location: My garden in Bakersfield, CA
Date: 2013-04-21
Location: My garden in Bakersfield, CA
Date: 2013-04-22

Date: 2012-05-16
This plant is tagged in:
Image Image Image Image

Plant Events from our members
LynNY On May 29, 2023 Bloomed
SkirtGardener On August 29, 2020 Obtained plant
» Post your own event for this plant

Discussion Threads about this plant
Thread Title Last Reply Replies
very nice by robertduval14 Mar 22, 2014 3:42 PM 2

« Add a new plant to the database

» Search the Irises Database: by characteristics or by cultivar name

« See the general plant entry for Irises (Iris)

« Visit the Irises forum

« The Irises Database Front Page

« The Plants Database Front Page

Today's site banner is by mcash70 and is called "Queen Ann's Lace"

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.