Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Keith Keppel
Year Of Registration: 2014
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2015
Seedling Number: 07-197C
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 33 inches (84 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Flower Form: Bubble Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Wine
Yellow
Flower Patterns: Plicata
Bloom Color Description: Purple red standards, pale yellow ground showing faintly toward base; bright yellow falls, heavily marked purple red in wide band, some fine inner dotting and center line
Beard Color: Based white to violet, tips rust tan
Style Arm Color: Brazil brown
Awards: Honorable Mention: 2017

General Plant Information (Edit)
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
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 Sorbonne
Child plants: 9 child plants

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Date: 2014-05-24

Date: 2015-05-11
Location: My Garden in Janesville, WI
Date: 2018-05-26
Location: Keith Keppel's Garden
Date: 2015-05-14
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Date: 2015-05-11
Location: Beaumont Ridge Iris Gardens
Date: May 22nd 2016
Location: Cisco, Tx 
Date: 2021-04-25

Date: 2015-05-11
Location: Chino Valley Arizona
Date: 2021-05-14
Location: Mid-America Gardens, Salem, Oregon
Date: 2017-05-22
Full sun, 91 degrees F 32.7 degrees C
Location: Keith Keppel's Garden
Date: 2015-05-13
Location: Keith Keppel's Garden
Date: 2015-05-14
Location: Keith Keppel's Garden
Date: 2015-05-14

Date: 2020-05-23
Location: Whitesboro, TX
Image courtesy of The Shady Spot Iris. All rights reserved.
Location: Catheys Valley CA
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