Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Keith Keppel
Year Of Registration: 1989
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1990
Seedling Number: 82-13K
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 30 inches (76 cm)
Bloom Season: Early Mid
Bloom Color Classification: Tan
Cream
Violet
Flower Patterns: Plicata
Bloom Color Description: Vanilla standards, faint corinth purple flush on midrib; golden buff falls, dark red violet hafts and partial wash, blended corinth purple edge
Beard Color: Brownish tile red
Fragrance: Slight
Sweet
Musky

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
Fragrant
Underground structures: Rhizome
Propagation: Seeds: Will not come true from seed
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Ploidy: Tetraploid
Parentage: Gigolo X 79-83a: (76-85C: (Anon x (71-42B: (68-17A: (Montage x April Melody) x Jealous Lover) x 71-41F: (68-17A x April Melody))) X 76-85D: (Anon x (71-42B: (68-17A: (Montage x April Melody) x Jealous Lover) x 71-41F: (68-17A x April Melody))))

Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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