Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Barry Blyth
Year Of Registration: 2010
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2011
Seedling Number: Q20-1
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 40 inches (102 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Flower Form: Ruffled
Flared
Bloom Color Classification: Gold
Violet
Flower Patterns: Bicolor
Bloom Color Description: Amber yellow standards, slight violet flush at midrib; violet falls, 1/4" blended beige-grey edge, olive yellow hafts
Beard Color: White base, tipped mustard yellow
Awards: Honorable Mention: 2014

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: Keppel 00-257K: (Lydia Safan-Swiastyn x Sea Power) X Keppel 02-204A: (99-117B: ((Lotus Land x Fogbound) x Poem of Ecstasy) x Dance Recital)
Child plants: 11 child plants

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Common names
  • Iris
  • Tall Bearded Iris

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Location: Home garden
Date: 2018-05-09

Date: 2019-05-25
Location: Durham, NC
Date: 2016-05-12

Date: 2019-05-26

Date: 2020-05-31
Location: My garden, Ukraine, Zaporizhzhya region Zone: 6a 
Date: 2021-05-28
Uploaded by ARUBA1334
Location: keppel garden
Date: 2012-06-04
Uploaded by Betja
Location: My Garden in Fort Worth, TX
Date: 2020-04-17
Uploaded by coboro
Location: Keith Keppel's Garden
Date: 2015-05-14
Location: My Garden in Fort Worth, TX
Date: 2020-04-17
Location: Keith Keppel's Garden
Date: 2015-05-14
Location: Mid-America Gardens, Salem, Oregon
Date: 2016-05-05
Location: Iowa
Date: 2013-06-05
Location: Mid America Gardens
Date: 2012-06-04
Location: My Garden in Fort Worth, TX
Date: 2020-04-17
Location: My Garden in Fort Worth, TX
Date: 2020-04-17
Location: keppel garden
Date: 2012-06-04
Location: Catheys Valley CA
Photo courtesy of Superstition Iris Gardens, posted with permissi

Date: 2014-05-19
Location: keppel garden
Date: 2012-06-04

Photo courtesy of Stout Gardens

Photo courtesy of Iris Sisters Farm, used with permission

Date: 2014-05-21

Photo courtesy of Mid-America Garden

Photo courtesy of Stout Gardens
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