Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Keith Keppel
Year Of Registration: 1965
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1966
Seedling Number: 62-40A
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 38 inches (97 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Flower Form: Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Light blue
Flower Patterns: Self
Bloom Color Description: Light blue
Beard Color: Orange, white at end
Awards: Honorable Mention: 1967
Award of Merit: 1969
Dykes Memorial Medal: 1972
Other: High Commendation 1965, NTG Award 1968

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: Galilee X Symphony
Child plants: 79 child plants

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Common names
  • Iris
  • Tall Bearded Iris

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Location: Las Cruces, NM
Date: 2023-04-15
TB Iris Babbling Brook
Location: Sass Memorial Garden near Ashland, NE
Date: 2012-05-04
Location: charlottetown, pei, canada
Date: 2016-06-28
tall bearded iris-Babbling Brook.
Location: Las Cruces, NM
Date: 2020-04-22
TB Iris Babbling Brook
Location: My garden
Date: 2020-05-26
Second year, first bloom.
Location: Las Cruces, NM
Date: 2018-04-18
TB Iris Babbling Brook
Location: Frannie's Iris Garden, Elk Grove, CA
Date: 2016-04-10
Location: Las Cruces, NM
Date: 2019-04-19
TB Iris Babbling Brook
Location: Schreiner's Gardens near Salem, OR
Date: 2015-05-14
Location: Santa Cruz, California
Date: 2017-04-18
Location: Schreiner's Gardens near Salem, OR
Date: 2015-05-14
Location: My garden, Pequea, PA 17565
Date: 2016-05-19

Date: 2004-05-22
Location: Wilhoit, AZ
Date: 2023
Uploaded by pinkiris

Photo courtesy of Iris City Gardens
Location: Sass Memorial Garden near Ashland, NE
Date: 2012-05-04
Location: My garden, Pequea, Pennsylvania 17565
Date: 2017-05-18
Uploaded by Betja
Uploaded by pinkiris
Location: Michigan-my garden
Date: June 8, 2017
Location: In backyard Elk Grove, CA
Date: 2014-04-07
Babbling Brook Iris

Photo courtesy of Rainbow Iris Farm
Uploaded by pinkiris
Location: Wilhoit, AZ
Date: 2023
Location: My garden, Pequea, Pennsylvania USA
Date: 2018-05-24
Location: Michigan-my garden
Date: June 7, 2017
Uploaded by Betja
Location: Sass Memorial Garden near Ashland, NE
Date: 2010-05-13
Location: Wisconsin
Date: Spring 2014
Damon Gardens
Location: Southeast Nebraska
Date: 2014-05-24
Location: Granite Falls, WA 
Date: 2016-09-30
Babbling Brook by Canyon Creek
Location: Cisco, Tx 
Date: 2020-04-19

Photo Courtesy of Te Sligte Gardens. Used with Permission
  • Uploaded by Joy

Photo courtesy of Blue J Iris Used with permission.

Photo courtesy of Rainbow Iris Farm
  • Uploaded by Joy
Location: Lincolnshire, England, UK
Date: Spring
Babbling Brook
Location: Lincolnshire, England, UK
Date: Spring
Babbling Brook
Location: Vaughan, ON, Canada (Zone 5b)
Date: 2007-06-12
Babbling Brook has lovely diamond dusting.
Location: Vaughan, ON, Canada (Zone 5b)
Date: 2011-06-08
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