Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Keith Keppel
Year Of Registration: 2000
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2000
Seedling Number: 94-48A
Classification: Intermediate Bearded (IB)
Registered Height: 22 inches (56 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Flower Form: Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Cream
Wine
Flower Patterns: Plicata
Bloom Color Description: Raisin standards blended on pale yellow ground; falls wide blended raisin band and hafts, light yellow to ivory central blaze
Beard Color: Light lavender, hairs tipped brown, mustard tan in throat
Style Arm Color: Wineberry

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 8b
Flowers: Showy
Underground structures: Rhizome
Propagation: Seeds: Will not come true from seed
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Ploidy: Unbalanced Tetraploid
Parentage: 88-27B: (83-22G: (Gigolo x Sketch Me) x Hot Streak) X Gatty Y-8-9: (Quote x Keppel 87-40D: (82-43B: (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) x ((Morocco x Santana) x Phoenix)))

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Common names
  • Intermediate Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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