Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Keith Keppel
Year Of Registration: 2011
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2012
Seedling Number: 04-69A
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 34 inches (86 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Flower Form: Bubble Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: White
Yellow
Flower Patterns: Amoena
Bloom Color Description: Pure white standards, central base pinard yellow; empire yellow to dandelion falls paling toward white central area, fine pale yellow to white rim
Beard Color: Dandelion to golden glow, cream base
Style Arm Color: White, yellow highlights
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: 00-254B: (Smiling Faces x Sea Power) X Tour de France
Child plants: 3 child plants

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  • Tall Bearded Iris
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Location: Durham, NC
Date: 2018-05-07
In first light.
Location: Durham, NC
Date: 2017-05-01
Location: Washington 8b
Date: 2018-05-21
Location: Las Cruces, NM
Date: 2018-04-27
TB Iris Joviality
Location: My Garden in Fort Worth, TX
Date: 2020-04-22
Uploaded by ARUBA1334
Location: Keith Keppel Iris Garden, Salem, Oregon
Date: 2015-05-19
AIS National Convention, Portland, OR--Iris in Wonderland 2015
Location: keppel garden
Date: 2012-06-04
Location: Washington 8b
Date: 2019-05-19
Location: Keith Keppel's Garden
Date: 2015-05-13
Location: Michigan-my garden
Date: 2018-06-05
Uploaded by coboro
Uploaded by coboro
Location: Keith Keppel's Garden
Date: 2015-05-14
Location: keppel garden
Date: 2012-06-01
Uploaded by coboro
Location: Michigan-my garden
Date: June 2022
Location: Michigan-my garden
Uploaded by Lbsmitty
Location: Keith Keppel's Garden
Date: 2015-05-14

Photo courtesy of Keith Keppel Irises
Location: Willamette Valley Oregon
Date: 2014-05-14

Photo courtesy of Iris Sisters Farm, used with permission
Location: My garden in Bakersfield, CA
Date: 2013-04-23

Photo courtesy of Stout Gardens
Location: In a public garden
Date: 2013-05-04
Location: Mid-America Gardens, Salem, Oregon
Date: 2016-05-05
Location: Australia
Date: 2023-10-20
Joviality
Location: Australia
Date: 2023-10-17
Joviality
Location: My garden in Bakersfield, CA
Date: 2013-04-23
Location: My garden in Bakersfield, CA
Date: 2013-04-24

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