Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Keith Keppel
Year Of Registration: 2012
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2013
Seedling Number: 05-49A
Classification: Border Bearded (BB)
Registered Height: 24 inches (61 cm)
Bloom Season: Early Mid
Flower Form: Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Cream
Peach
White
Yellow
Flower Patterns: Glaciata
Bloom Color Description: Pale cool yellow flush on green white standards; light yellow falls deepening to martius yellow toward edge, shoulders blended apricot lemon
Beard Color: Orange red, faint peach touch at end, white base
Style Arm Color: White, crest tipped pale cool yellow
Awards: Honorable Mention: 2015

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 8b
Flowers: Showy
Underground structures: Rhizome
Propagation: Seeds: Will not come true from seed
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Ploidy: Tetraploid
Parentage: Soft Word X Entangled

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Common names
  • Iris
  • Border Bearded Iris

Photo Gallery
Location: Photo by Carol Bacskai; zone 5b, Yorkville, IL
Date: 2023-05-20

Date: 2019-04-16
Location: Mid-America Gardens, Salem, Oregon
Date: 2016-05-05
Location: Keith Keppel's Garden
Date: 2015-05-14
Location: southeast Nebraska 
Date: 2021-05-15 
Newly opened blooms.  Standards open more as blooms age.
Location: San Rafael, CA
Date: 2019-04-18
Older bloom white, bloom unfurling yellow
Location: Mt. Pleasant Iris in WA
Date: 2015-05-13
Uploaded by ARUBA1334
Location: San Rafael, CA
Date: 2018-05-04
Location: San Rafael, CA
Date: 2019-04-16
Location: Washington 8b
Date: 2019-05-19
Location: Keith Keppel's farm, Salem, OR
Date: 2019-05-10
Location: San Rafael, CA
Date: 2019-04-19
Midnight madness with flash light.   Old flower white, new flower
Location: Keith Keppel's Garden
Date: 2015-05-13

Photo courtesy of Keith Keppel Irises
Location: San Rafael, CA
Date: 2018-05-04
Uploaded by coboro

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