Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Keith Keppel
Year Of Registration: 1992
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1993
Seedling Number: 86-6A
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 36 inches (91 cm)
Bloom Season: Early
Flower Form: Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Orchid
Cream
Violet
Flower Patterns: Luminata
Bloom Color Description: Oyster white to cream standards, flushed soft rosy orchid in center; paler oyster falls, rosy orchid wash deepening in center to gloxinia to grapejuice with conspicuous paler veining, warm white area by beards, burnous on inner hafts
Beard Color: White to cream, tipped flame
Fragrance: Slight
Sweet
Awards: Honorable Mention: 1995
Award of Merit: 1998

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: 82-45A: (77-111Q: (74-32B: ((Roundup x: (66-56F: (Amigo's Guitar x (Rippling Waters x Gypsy Lullaby)) x Barcelona)) x Osage Buff) x 75-113B: ((68-5A: ((Henna Stitches x (Maricopa x Chinquapin)) x Montage) x Roundup) x ((Montage x April Melody) x April Melody))) x 78-70A: (75-103E: ((((Irma Melrose x Tea Apron) x ((Full Circle x Rococo) x Tea Apron)) x April Melody) x Caramba) x Flamenco) x 75-98B: (71-12C: (68-5A: ((Henna Stitches x (Maricopa x Chinquapin)) x Montage) x Roundup) x ((Montage x April Melody) x April Melody))) X 84-15A: (80-98B: (76-137C: ((68-39F: (66-35C: ((Irma Melrose x Tea Apron) x ((Full Circle x Rococo) x Tea Apron)) x April Melody) x 68-39D) x ((Joy Ride x Roundup) x (April Melody x (66-35B x April Melody)))) x (Mistress x 75-98B: (71-12C: (68-5A: ((Henna Stitches x (Maricopa x Chinquapin)) x Montage) x Roundup) x 71-41 F: ((Montage x April Melody) x April Melody)))) x 82-45A)
Child plants: 128 child plants

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