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Hybridizer: Keith Keppel
Year Of Registration: 2011
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2012
Seedling Number: 05-92B
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 36 inches (91 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Flower Form: Bubble Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Pink
Bloom Color Description: Hydrangea pink standards; peach to orient pink falls, center creamier pink
Beard Color: Shrimp
Style Arm Color: Peach
Awards: Honorable Mention: 2014
Award of Merit: 2016
John C. Wister Medal: 2018

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: In Love Again X 99-115C: (Crystal Gazer x 96-35C: (Gatty Z-8-1: (Coming Up Roses x X63-8: T-1-2: ((Nefertiti x Playgirl) x Presence) x Rare Occasion) x Fogbound))
Child plants: 16 child plants

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Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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Location: Durham, NC
Date: 2018-05-14
Blooms and buds.

Date: 2020-05-22
Location: Philo, California
Date: 2015-05-10
Location: My Garden in Janesville, WI
Date: 2018-06-07

Date: 2020-05-22
Location: San Rafael, CA
Date: 2016-04-21
Location: San Rafael, CA
Date: 2019-05-11

Date: 2015-05-11
Location: Las Cruces, NM
Date: 2019-04-26
TB Iris Strawberry Shake
Location: Keith Keppel's Garden
Date: 2015-05-14
Location: Frannie's Iris Garden, Elk Grove, CA
Date: 2016-05-04
Location: San Rafael, CA
Date: 2017-04-27
Location: Santa Cruz Mountains, California
Date: 2022-05-15
Location: Philo, California
Date: 2016-05-12
Location: San Rafael, CA
Date: 2020-05-14
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Date: 2014-05-22
Location: Philo, California
Date: 2017-05-24
Photo by janwax
Location: San Rafael, CA
Date: 2017-04-27
Location: Washington 8b
Date: 2022-06-07
Location: Philo, California
Date: 2018-05-10
Photo by Neela
Location: Las Cruces, NM
Date: 2020-05-03
TB Iris Strawberry Shake
Location: Michigan-my garden
Date: June 5,2022
Location: Whitesboro, TX
Date: 2018-05-18
Image courtesy of The Shady Spot Iris. All rights reserved.
Location: Michigan-my garden
Date: Spring 2021
Location: keppel garden
Date: 2012-06-04
Location: Washington
Date: 2016-05-19
Location: Catheys Valley CA
Photo courtesy of Superstition Iris Gardens, posted with permissi
Photo by coboro

Date: 2014-05-21
Location: Mt. Pleasant Iris in WA
Date: 2015-05-13
Location: San Rafael, CA
Date: 2018-05-11
Location: keppel garden
Date: 2012-06-01

Date: 2013-06-06
Photo by Paul2032
Location: Mid-America Gardens, Salem, Oregon
Date: 2016-05-05
In the process of opening.
Photo by Paul2032

Date: 2015-05-27

Date: 2015-05-27
Location: keppels garden
Date: 2012-06-04
Photo by coboro
Location: Philo, California
Date: 2016-05-12

Photo courtesy of Keith Keppel Irises
Location: Wilhoit, AZ
Date: 2023
Location: Wilhoit, AZ
Date: 2023

Date: 2013-06-06

Photo courtesy of Stout Gardens
Location: Wilhoit, AZ
Date: 2023
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