Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Keith Keppel
Year Of Registration: 1978
Seedling Number: 71-12A
Classification: Border Bearded (BB)
Registered Height: 25 inches (64 cm)
Bloom Season: Early
Early Mid
Mid
Bloom Color Classification: Violet
Yellow
Flower Patterns: Plicata
Bloom Color Description: Honey standards lightly flushed rhododendron; ivory to honey falls, washed and edged 1/2" solid border of rhododendron
Beard Color: Pale yellow, tipped bronze

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: 68-5A: ((Henna Stitches x (Maricopa x Chinquapin)) x Montage) X Roundup

Common names
  • Border Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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