Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: George Shoop by Keith Keppel
Year Of Registration: 1998
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1999
Seedling Number: 91-27
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 38 inches (97 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid Late
Flower Form: Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Peach
Rose
Flower Patterns: Blend
Bloom Color Description: Corinth purple standards blended onionskin; light apricot falls, flushed and overlaid greyed rose
Beard Color: Solid mandarin red
Style Arm Color: Golden apricot tan, slight corinth purple flush
Fragrance: Slight
Sweet
Musky

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
Fragrant
Underground structures: Rhizome
Propagation: Seeds: Will not come true from seed
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Ploidy: Tetraploid
Parentage: 87-26: (84-19: ((Orange Burst x Orange Surprise) x (Dream Affair x Blazing Light)) x 85-25: ((Playgirl x 76-17 fuchsia rose: ((Dutch Magic x ((Ole x (Gay Whisper x 59-6-1)) x unknown)) x pink sdlg.)) x Blushing Duchess)) X sibling
Child plants: 8 child plants

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