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Hybridizer: Keith Keppel
Year Of Registration: 2010
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2011
Seedling Number: 04-133B
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 36 inches (91 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Flower Form: Bubble Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Silver/Grey
Bloom Color Description: Oyster white standards; oyster white falls overlaid heliotrope grey veining, pronounced at shoulders to pale on blade
Beard Color: Light pinkish orange, light pinkish orange over grey white at end
Style Arm Color: Slightly deeper oyster white
Awards: Honorable Mention: 2013
Award of Merit: 2017

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: Blyth N48-X: (Royal Sterling x Keppel 99-42Y: (Last Laugh x 95-49B: (Electrique x Romantic Evening))) X Blyth N213: (Hello It's Me x Reckless in Denim)
Child plants: 18 child plants

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Location: Keith Keppel's Garden
Date: 2015-05-14
Location: Bochnia, Poland
Date: 2015-06-06
Location: My garden, Watkins Glen, NY
Date: June 2, 2022
Location: Bochnia, Poland
Date: 2014-06-16
Location: My garden, Watkins Glen, NY
Date: June 2, 2022

Date: 2015-04-25
Location: Michigan-my garden
Date: June 2,2022

Date: 2013-05-28
Location: Billings MT
Date: 2019-06-14

Date: 2020-06-07
Location: Bochnia, Poland
Date: 2014-06-16
Location: Billings MT
Date: 2019-06-13

Date: 2014-04-24
Location: Clymer,PA
Location: keppel garden
Date: 2012-06-04

Date: 2020-06-07
Photo by rshadlow
Location: Keith Keppel's Garden
Date: 2015-05-14

Date: 2014-05-25
Location: Concord, MA
Date: 2016-07-18

Photo courtesy of Keith Keppel Irises
Location: Mid-America Gardens, Salem, Oregon
Date: 2016-05-05
Location: Concord, MA
Date: 2016-06-08
Location: Concord, MA
Date: 2016-06-05
Location: keppel garden
Date: 2012-06-01

Date: 2014-05-30
Location: My zone 5 garden.
Date: 2019-05-02

Date: 2020-06-07
Photo by Paul2032
Location: Australia
Date: 2022-11-05
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Location: Catheys Valley CA
Photo courtesy of Superstition Iris Gardens, posted with permissi
Photo by Paul2032

Photo courtesy of Mid-America Garden
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