Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Keith Keppel
Year Of Registration: 2011
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2012
Seedling Number: 04-144B
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 36 inches (91 cm)
Bloom Season: Early Mid
Flower Form: Bubble Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Peach
Violet
Flower Patterns: Luminata
Bloom Color Description: Leghorn buff standards shaded pastel lobelia violet toward center; cotinga purple falls lightening away from center, narrow leghorn buff edge and faint veining, light apricot around ivory heart
Beard Color: Golden poppy, cream base
Style Arm Color: Leghorn buff
Awards: Honorable Mention: 2014

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: Blyth N248-2: (L142-1: (J175-2: (High Master x E142-1: (Some Are Angels x K. Turner KH91-5-1: (Beaumonde x Holiday Lover))) x J175-1) x L140-3: (J175-3 x J175-1)) X Entangled
Child plants: 3 child plants

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Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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Date: 2015-04-25
Location: my yard
Date: 2014-11-01
first bloom ever
Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Date: 2022-10-20
Location: Mid-America Gardens, Salem, Oregon
Date: 2016-05-05
Location: Willamette Valley, Oregon 
Date: 2015-05-06
Location: Adelaide South Australia
Date: 2021-11-01
Photo by Cuzz4short
Location: Elk Grove, CA
Date: 4/19/17
Location: In my garden at Middletown, DE
Date: 2016-05-15
Location: Superstition Iris  Gardens - Cathey's Valley, CA
Date: April 18, 2015
Location: Keith Keppel's Garden
Date: 2015-05-14
Location: my yard
Date: 2020-05-05
Location: Keith Keppel's garden in Salem, OR
Date: 2011-05-23
Location: In my garden at Middletown, DE
Date: 2016-05-17
Location: Willamette Valley, Oregon 
Date: 2015-05-03
Location: Willamette Valley, Oregon 
Date: 2015-05-03
Location: Willamette Valley, Oregon 
Date: 2015-04-22
Location: Catheys Valley CA
Photo courtesy of Superstition Iris Gardens, posted with permissi
Location: Mt. Pleasant Iris in WA
Date: 2015-05-13

Date: 2014-04-22
Location: Australia
Date: 2023-11-02
Spend Thrift
Location: Australia
Date: 2022-10-25
Spend Thrift
Location: Keith Keppel's garden in Salem, OR
Date: 2011-05-23
Location: Willamette Valley Oregon
Date: 2014-05-02

Date: 2014-04-23

Date: 2014-04-23
Location: Washington
Date: 2016-05-11
Location: Tom Bruce's Carolina Daylilies
Date: 2018-04-21

Photo courtesy of Mid-America Garden
Location: Washington
Date: 2016-05-11

Photo courtesy of Iris Sisters Farm, used with permission

Date: 2013-04-25
Photo courtesy of Napa Country Iris Garden
Location: Tom Bruce's Carolina Daylilies
Date: 2018-04-21

Photo courtesy of Keith Keppel Irises
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Australis On February 6, 2023 Transplanted
Repositioned in the front garden.
Australis From October 20, 2022 to November 4, 2022 Bloomed
Australis On February 6, 2021 Obtained plant
Purchased from a roadside stall at Yarck.
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