Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Keith Keppel
Year Of Registration: 2000
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2000
Seedling Number: 93-139L
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 38 inches (97 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid Late
Flower Form: Ruffled
Laced
Bloom Color Classification: Orchid
Bloom Color Description: Rosy lilac standards; blended orchid pink falls, creamy buff hafts and undertoning, deeper orchid pink texture veining
Beard Color: Carnelian red, pale melon at end
Style Arm Color: Blended laelia pink
Fragrance: Sweet
Awards: Honorable Mention: 2002
Award of Merit: 2004

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: Gatty X6-1: (Femme Fatale x T-1-2: ((Nefertiti x Playgirl) x Presence)) X Social Event
Child plants: 55 child plants

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Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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Location: Philo, California
Date: 2015-05-14

Date: 2019-05-18
Location: God's Garden - Atwater CA
Date: April 2014

Date: 2018-05-18
Location: Philo, California
Date: 2016-04-23

Date: 2017-05-27

Date: 2017-06-02
Location: Northern Germany
Date: 2022-06-08
Location: Northern Germany
Date: 2015-06-06

Date: 2017-06-02
Location: Cisco, Tx 
Date: 2019-05-05
Location: Home
Date: 2016-06-11
Location: Cisco, Tx 
Date: 2019-04-26
Location: Southern Colorado 
Date: 2023-06-15
Location: Michigan-my garden
Date: June 6, 2017
Location: my yard
Date: 2018
Location: Philo, California
Date: 2015-05-14
Location: Russia, Krasnodar region, Novokubansk
Date: 2021-05-23
Location: Iris garden - full sun
Date: 2016-06-05
Location: God's Garden - Atwater CA
Date: April 2014
Location: Schreiner's Gardens near Salem, OR
Date: 2015-05-14
Location: Schreiners Gardens
Date: 2011-05-31

Date: 2014-04-22
Photo by janielouy
Location: Iris garden - full sun
Date: 2016-06-05
First bloom
Location: Iris garden - full sun
Date: 2016-06-05
Location: Wonthaggi/North , Victoria, Australia
Date: 2020-11-12
Location: Schreiner's Gardens near Salem, OR
Date: 2015-05-14
Location: God's Garden - Atwater CA
Date: May 4, 2015
Location: God's Garden - Atwater CA
Date: April 2014
Location: New Zealand
Location: Cawston, BC
Date: 2023-05-25
From Hillside Irises
Location: Santa Cruz, California
Date: 2017-04-26

Date: 2010-06-05
Location: Home
Date: 2014-05-24
Location: Schreiner's Gardens near Salem, OR
Date: 2015-05-14
Location: Northern Germany
Date: 2002-11-01
SANYO DIGITAL CAMERA
Location: Northern Germany
Date: 2015-06-06
Location: Mt Vernon Virginia
Date: 05-14-2013
My visit to Griff's garden
Location: Austin, Texas
Date: 04/20/2018
Location: My Garden, Arvada, Colorado
Date: june
purchased at Iris4u in Denver
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