Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Keith Keppel
Year Of Registration: 1993
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1994
Seedling Number: 87-60A
Classification: Border Bearded (BB)
Registered Height: 26 inches (66 cm)
Bloom Season: Early Mid
Bloom Color Classification: Tan
Violet
White
Flower Patterns: Luminata
Bloom Color Description: Reddish violet standards, salmon buff edge; prunella purple falls, paler veining, narrow white jade side border, golden orange hafts, warm white area around beards
Beard Color: Capucine buff merging to reddish orange in throat
Awards: Honorable Mention: 1996
Award of Merit: 1998

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: 84-22C: ((((68-39F: (66-35C: ((Irma Melrose x Tea Apron) x ((Full Circle x Rococo) x Tea Apron)) x April Melody) x 68-39D) x 74-52A: ((Joy Ride x Roundup) x (April Melody x (66-35B x April Melody)))) x (Mistress x 75-98B: (71-12C: (68-5A: ((Henna Stitches x (Maricopa x Chinquapin)) x Montage) x Roundup) x 71-41 F: ((Montage x April Melody) x April Melody)))) x (Goddess x (74-35C: (71-50E: ((66-35B: ((Irma Melrose x Tea Apron) x ((Full Circle x Rococo) x Tea Apron)) x April Melody) x (66-35C x April Melody)) x Osage Buff) x 74-52A))) X 82-45A: (77-111Q: (74-32B: ((Roundup x: (66-56F: (Amigo's Guitar x (Rippling Waters x Gypsy Lullaby)) x Barcelona)) x Osage Buff) x 75-113B: ((68-5A: ((Henna Stitches x (Maricopa x Chinquapin)) x Montage) x Roundup) x ((Montage x April Melody) x April Melody))) x 78-70A: (75-103e: ((((Irma Melrose x Tea Apron) x ((Full Circle x Rococo) x Tea Apron)) x April Melody) x Caramba) x Flamenco) x 75-98B: (71-12C: (68-5A: ((Henna Stitches x (Maricopa x Chinquapin)) x Montage) x Roundup) x ((Montage x April Melody) x April Melody)))
Child plants: 12 child plants

Common names
  • Border Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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