Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Keith Keppel
Year Of Registration: 2012
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2013
Seedling Number: 02-85C
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 38 inches (97 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Flower Form: Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Violet
White
Flower Patterns: Plicata
Bloom Color Description: Wood violet standards; white falls, 3/4" solid band hyacinth violet, haft darker roman purple to mulberry
Beard Color: White based, tan yellow in throat, light blue at ends
Style Arm Color: Wood violet

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: 99-178A: (Palace Gossip x Spice Lord) X I've Got Rhythm

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Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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Date: 2015-05-11
Location: Miller's Manor Gardens, Canby, Oregon
Date: 2015-05-21
AIS National Convention, Portland, OR--Iris in Wonderland 2015
Location: Keith Keppel's Garden
Date: 2015-05-14
Location: Keith Keppel's Garden
Date: 2015-05-13
Location: Keith Keppel's Garden
Date: 2015-05-14
Uploaded by coboro
Location: Willamette Valley Oregon
Date: 2014-05-26
Uploaded by coboro
Uploaded by ARUBA1334
Location: Mid-America Gardens
Date: 2015-05-13

Photo courtesy of Keith Keppel Irises
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