Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Keith Keppel
Year Of Registration: 1972
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1975
Seedling Number: 68-27C
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 32 inches (81 cm)
Bloom Season: Early Mid
Bloom Color Classification: Copper/Brown
White
Wine
Yellow
Flower Patterns: Plicata
Bloom Color Description: Lemon yellow standards; white falls, edged lemon, all over stippling varying from cyclamen purple to carbuncle, java brown at edge
Beard Color: Dull yellow
Awards: Honorable Mention: 1976
Award of Merit: 1978

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: (Wild Ginger x Siva Siva) X (((Gene Wild x Majorette) x Rococo) x (Siva Siva x Diplomacy))
Child plants: 71 child plants

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Common names
  • Iris
  • Tall Bearded Iris

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Location: Switzerland, Merian Gardens Basel
Date: 2017-05-20
Location: Santa Cruz, California
Date: 2022-04-23
Location: Lucketts, Loudoun County, Virginia
Date: 2008-05-23
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Photo courtesy of Blue J Iris Used with permission.

Photo courtesy of Williamson Farm Flowers
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Iris 'Caramba'..great picture...good memory. by Paul2032 Dec 4, 2011 1:23 PM 0

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