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Hybridizer: Keith Keppel
Year Of Registration: 2008
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2008
Seedling Number: 00-216C
Classification: Border Bearded (BB)
Registered Height: 27 inches (69 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid Late
Flower Form: Bubble Ruffled
Laced
Bloom Color Classification: Orchid
Bloom Color Description: Veronica violet standards; hyacinth falls, hafts shaded roseblush
Beard Color: White, tipped coral pink, pale blue at end
Style Arm Color: Near purple heather
Awards: Honorable Mention: 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 8b
Flowers: Showy
Underground structures: Rhizome
Propagation: Seeds: Will not come true from seed
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Ploidy: Tetraploid
Parentage: Spring Twilight X Crystal Gazer
Child plants: one child plant

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Common names
  • Border Bearded Iris
  • Iris

Photo Gallery
Photo by Rebekah
Photo by Betja

Date: 2014-04-23
Photo by Betja
Location: Keith Keppel's Garden
Date: 2015-05-14

Date: 2011-06-09
Location: Schreiner's Gardens near Salem, OR
Date: 2015-05-14
Location: Washington
Date: 2016-05-11
Photo by Betja
Location: My garden in Bakersfield, CA
Date: 2013-04-24
Location: My garden in Bakersfield, CA
Date: 2013-04-24
Location: My garden in Bakersfield, CA
Date: 2013-04-24
Location: My garden in Bakersfield, CA
Date: 2013-04-24

Photo courtesy of Stout Gardens

Photo courtesy of Iris Sisters Farm, used with permission
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