Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Keith Keppel
Year Of Registration: 2011
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2012
Seedling Number: 05-140F
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 35 inches (89 cm)
Bloom Season: Early
Flower Form: Bubble Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Violet
Yellow
Flower Patterns: Dark Top
Bloom Color Description: Slate purple standards shading and veining into honeysweet outer edge; bright dandelion falls, lightly shaded tan gold toward shoulders, small blue white glint at end of beards
Beard Color: Solid yellow, darker than deep chrome yellow
Style Arm Color: Golden glow

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: Secret Rites X 00-278A: (Temple of Time x Blyth H85-A: (F175-5: (Man About Town x D61-1: (A63-1: (Dance Man x Rembrandt Magic) x Bygone Era)) x F198-1: (C106-2: (Painted Softly x A119-2: (Penny Anne x Electrique)) x B132-2: (Holiday Lover x Love Comes))))
Child plants: 2 child plants

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Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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Location: planter box sw
Date: 2021-05-21
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Location: Mid-America Gardens, Salem, Oregon
Date: 2016-05-05
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Date: 2020-05-16
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Location: Richlands, NC
Date: 2022-04-20
Location: keppel garden
Date: 2012-06-04
Location: Catheys Valley CA
Photo courtesy of Superstition Iris Gardens, posted with permissi
Location: Whitesboro, TX
Image courtesy of The Shady Spot Iris. All rights reserved.
Location: Keith Keppel's Garden
Date: 2015-05-14

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