Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Keith Keppel
Year Of Registration: 2007
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2008
Seedling Number: 00-257H
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 40 inches (102 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid Late
Flower Form: Bubble Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Violet
Yellow
Flower Patterns: Bicolor
Bloom Color Description: Light greenish yellow standards, pyrethrum yellow at base; violet blue falls, pale blue edge
Beard Color: Chrome yellow, light blue at end
Style Arm Color: Light greenish yellow, lavender midrib and flush
Awards: Honorable Mention: 2010
Award of Merit: 2012
Other: Premio Firenze, 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: Lydia Safan-Swiastyn X Sea Power
Child plants: 33 child plants

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Common names
  • Iris
  • Tall Bearded Iris

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Location: Philo, California
Date: 2019-05-23
A very reliable iris in my garden
Location: Las Cruces, NM
Date: 2022-05-11
TB Iris Silk Road
Location: My garden in southeast Nebraska
Date: 2014-06-04
Location: Philo, California
Date: 2020-05-21
Location: Las Cruces, NM
Date: 2018-05-07
TB Iris Silk Road
Location: Philo, California
Date: 2019-05-23
Photo by tveguy3
Photo by tveguy3
Location: My garden in southeast Nebraska
Date: 2012-05-06
Location: Iowa
Location: Michigan-my garden
Date: 2018-06-09
Photo taken at dusk
Location: My garden in southeast Nebraska
Date: 2013-06-04
Location: My garden in southeast Nebraska
Date: 2014-05-26
Location: My garden in southeast Nebraska
Date: 2014-05-26
Location: My garden in southeast Nebraska
Date: 2013-05-31
Location: My garden in southeast Nebraska
Date: 2013-05-31
Photo by tveguy3
Location: My garden in southeast Nebraska
Date: 2012-05-04

Date: May
Location: Cisco, Tx 
Date: 2020-04-29
Photo by Betja
Location: Michigan-my garden

Date: 2015-05-23
Location: My garden in southeast Nebraska
Date: 2012-05-07
Location: My garden in southeast Nebraska
Date: 2013-06-01
Location: Willamette Valley Oregon
Date: 2014-05-24

Date: 2014-05-20

Date: 2014-05-20

Date: 2015-05-19

Photo courtesy of Stout Gardens
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