Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Keith Keppel
Year Of Registration: 2012
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2013
Seedling Number: 05-85A
Classification: Border Bearded (BB)
Registered Height: 27 inches (69 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Flower Form: Fluted
Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Magenta
Pink
Flower Patterns: Emma Cook
Bloom Color Description: Burnous to orient pink standards; capucine buff fall shoulders paling and blending to violet, plumbago grey at edge
Beard Color: Solid fire red
Style Arm Color: Jonquil
Awards: Honorable Mention: 2016

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: 01-61B: (98-152F: (Braggadocio x Prince George) x Rio) X 03-12C: (Undercurrent x Parisian Dawn)

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Common names
  • Border Bearded Iris
  • Iris

Photo Gallery
Location: Keith Keppel's Garden
Date: 2015-05-14
Location: Keith Keppel Iris Garden, Salem, Oregon
Date: 2015-05-19
AIS National Convention, Portland, OR--Iris in Wonderland 2015
Location: Mid-America Gardens, Salem, Oregon
Date: 2016-05-05

Date: 2015-05-11
Location: Mt. Pleasant Iris in WA
Date: 2015-05-13
Uploaded by coboro
Location: Mid-America Gardens
Date: 2015-05-13
Location: Washington 8b
Date: 2016-05-18

Photo courtesy of Keith Keppel Irises

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