Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Keith Keppel
Year Of Registration: 2011
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2012
Seedling Number: 05-78B
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 36 inches (91 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Flower Form: Bubble Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Copper/Brown
White
Wine
Yellow
Flower Patterns: Luminata
Bloom Color Description: Aureolin standards, central area flushed cedarwood; zanzibar red falls, narrow aureolin edge and white heart and dart below beard, heart edged bright golden lemon
Beard Color: White, tipped golden lemon
Style Arm Color: Aureolin, slight cedarwood flush
Awards: Honorable Mention: 2014
Award of Merit: 2016
John C. Wister Medal: 2021

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: Montmartre X Lip Service
Child plants: 11 child plants

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Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

Photo Gallery
Location: Home garden
Date: 2020-04-27
Location: My Garden in Janesville, WI
Date: 2015-05-26
Location: Russia, Krasnodar region, Novokubansk
Date: 2020-05-16
Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Date: 2017-10-20
Location: My garden, Watkins Glen, NY
Date: June 2019
In answer to the proverbial "what if you could only have ten iris
Location: my yard
Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Date: 2017-10-20
Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Date: 2022-10-18
Excellent branching this year and an unusual amount of colour on

Date: 2014-04-23
Location: Washington 8b
Date: 2021-05-15
Location: Philo, California
Date: 2018-04-28
Location: Zone 7 East Tn
Date: 2016-04-30
Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Date: 2017-10-20
Location: Philo, California
Date: 2023-05-14
a Keith Keppel. One of my top 5 favorites!
Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Date: 2022-11-25
Even the seed pods are quite dark!
Location: Philo, California
Date: 2017-05-02
Location: Russia, Krasnodar region, Novokubansk
Date: 2020-05-16
Location: my yard
Date: 2018
Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Date: 2017-10-20
Photo by Dachsylady86
Photo by Dachsylady86
Location: Philo, California
Date: 2018-04-28
Location: Santa Cruz Mountains, California
Date: 2021-05-03
Volcanic Glow
Location: Mid-America Gardens, Salem, Oregon
Date: 2016-05-05
Location: Australia
Date: 2021-10-28
Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Date: 2022-10-01
Note the amount of pigment in the bloom stalk and around the buds
Location: In my garden, Middletown, Delaware
Date: 2023-05-16
Location: Cisco, Tx 
Date: 2020-04-13
Location: At Napa Iris Gardens
Date: 2014-04-26
Location: Bay View Gardens
Date: 2011-04-28
Location: Elk Grove, CA
Date: 4/6/17
Location: Willamette Valley Oregon
Date: 2014-05-06
Location: Zone 7B
Date: 2019-05-01
Location: At Napa Iris Gardens
Date: 2014-04-26
Location: Catheys Valley CA
Photo courtesy of Superstition Iris Gardens, posted with permissi
Location: Willamette Valley Oregon
Date: 2014-05-06

Date: 2014-04-27

Date: 2014-05-27
Location: keppel garden
Date: 2012-06-01

Photo courtesy of Keith Keppel Irises

Date: 2013-04-19
Photo courtesy of Napa Country Iris Garden
Location: At Napa Iris Gardens
Date: 2014-04-26
Location: Mid-America Gardens, Salem, Oregon
Date: 2016-05-05
Location: Washington
Date: 2016-05-11
Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Date: 2017-10-17
Location: Willamette Valley Oregon
Date: 2014-05-06
Location: Kevin Vaughn's garden
Date: 2015-05-18

Date: 2014-05-27
Photo by Paul2032
Location: Elk Grove, CA
Date: 4/6/17

Date: 2014-05-27
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LynNY On May 30, 2023 Bloomed
Australis From October 16, 2022 to November 8, 2022 Bloomed
First flowering since 2017. It had vastly improved since being planted in the new garden bed and produced a heavily branched stem with 6 sockets; 14 blooms total. 3 blooms were malformed.
Australis On December 11, 2021 Transplanted
Transplanted to the garden bed at our new house.
Australis On February 21, 2021 Potted up
It was declining in the garden bed, so I moved it to a self-watering pot.
Australis On November 10, 2018 Transplanted
Australis From October 19, 2017 to October 27, 2017 Bloomed
Australis On January 12, 2017 Potted up
Australis On January 9, 2017 Obtained plant
Ordered from Tempo Two.
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