Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Keith Keppel
Year Of Registration: 1990
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1991
Seedling Number: 82-43E
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 35 inches (89 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Bloom Color Classification: Peach
Purple
Flower Patterns: Plicata
Bloom Color Description: Golden apricot to peachglow standards, lightly suffused pale red violet, flecked darker; golden apricot falls solidly washed phlox to dahlia purple
Beard Color: Orange rufous to bittersweet orange
Fragrance: Slight
Sweet

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: 78-81J: (Rancho Rose x 75-113B: ((68-5A: ((Henna Stitches x (Maricopa x Chinquapin)) x Montage) x Roundup) x ((Montage x April Melody) x April Melody))) X Rustic Dance
Child plants: one child plant

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  • Tall Bearded Iris
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Location: Cisco, Tx 
Date: 2020-04-09

Date: 2006-05-23
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Location: Indiana
Date: May
Tall bearded iris 'Foreign Accent'

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