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Hybridizer: Keith Keppel
Year Of Registration: 2014
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2015
Seedling Number: 09-88C
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 40 inches (102 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Flower Form: Bubble Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: White
Wine
Yellow
Flower Patterns: Plicata
Bloom Color Description: Chrome lemon standards; martius yellow falls paling to warm white in center, narrow dark greyed red purple band, veined shoulders and dart below beards
Beard Color: Mustard orange and light purple
Style Arm Color: Goldenrod
Awards: Honorable Mention: 2017
Award of Merit: 2019

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: 02-92A: (Inside Track x Spice Lord) X Reckless Abandon
Child plants: 26 child plants

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  • Tall Bearded Iris
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Location: My garden, Ukraine, Zaporizhzhya region Zone: 6a
Location: My Garden in Janesville, WI
Date: 2023-05-29
Location: My Garden in Janesville, WI
Date: 2018-06-07
Location: My Garden in Janesville, WI
Date: 2018-06-07
Location: Washington
Date: 2016-05-05
Location: Zone 6
Date: May 22
Received as a gift from Blue Jewel (Neela)

Date: 2015-05-11
Location: My garden,  Zaporizhzhya region Zone: 6a 
Date: 2023-05-21
Location: My garden, Ukraine, Zaporizhzhya region Zone: 6a 
Date: 2021-05-26

Date: 2016-05-13
Location: Keith Keppel's Garden
Date: 2015-05-13
Location: My garden, Ukraine, Zaporizhzhya region Zone: 6a 
Date: 2021-05-23
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Location: Elk Grove, CA
Date: 4/19/17

Date: 2014-05-20
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Location: Washington 8b
Date: 2018-05-16
Location: Zone 7 Knoxville
Date: 2018-05-06
Location: Zone 6
Date: May in my garden
Love the standards are not too big to overpower the falls
Location: Catheys Valley CA
Photo courtesy of Superstition Iris Gardens, posted with permissi
Location: Keith Keppel's Garden
Date: 2015-05-13

Date: 2015-05-11
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Location: Keith Keppel's Garden
Date: 2015-05-14

Photo courtesy of Keith Keppel Irises
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Date: 2021-05-15

Date: 2017-11-20
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