Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Keith Keppel
Year Of Registration: 2003
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2004
Seedling Number: 98-179D
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 35 inches (89 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Flower Form: Bubble Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Gold
White
Flower Patterns: Amoena
Bloom Color Description: White standards, center flushed chrome lemon; dark golden glow falls, deep chrome yellow shoulders
Beard Color: Deep chrome yellow to cadmium yellow, cadmium orange in throat
Style Arm Color: White and chrome lemon
Fragrance: Slight
Sweet
Awards: Honorable Mention: 2006
Award of Merit: 2008
John C. Wister Medal: 2011

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: 93-63F: (Magharee x Overjoyed) X 95-49G: (Electrique x Romantic Evening)
Child plants: 22 child plants

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Common names
  • Iris
  • Tall Bearded Iris

Photo Gallery
Location: My Garden in Janesville, WI
Date: 2020-05-27

Date: 2021-05-18
Location: Menton, France
Date: 2018-05-13
Location: Iowa
Date: 2013-06-11
Location: My garden, Zaporizhzhya region Zone: 6a 
Date: 2023-05-23

Date: 2017-06-01
Location: Russia, Krasnodarskij Kraj
Date: 2017-05-15
Uploaded by Neela
Location: Home garden
Date: 2015-05-07
Location: Tamberg garden, Berlin, Germany
Date: 2022-05-28
Location: Russia, Krasnodarskij Kraj
Date: 2017-05-20
Location: Home garden
Date: 2015-05-07
Location: Iowa
Date: 2012-05-15
Location: San Marcos, California
Date: 2020-05-28
Grown in planter box
Location: Russia, Krasnodar region, Novokubansk
Date: 2022-05-30
Uploaded by MaryDurtschi
Location: Northern Germany
Date: 2015-06-06
Location: Cisco, Tx 
Date: 2020-04-24
Uploaded by tveguy3

Tour de France
Location: Indiana
Date: May 2013
Tall bearded iris 'Tour de France'
Location: RavenCroft Cottage
Date: 2017-06-02
Location: Schreiner's Gardens near Salem, OR
Date: 2015-05-14
Uploaded by Betja
Uploaded by Betja
Location: RavenCroft Cottage
Date: 2017-06-02
Location: Northern Germany
Date: 2017-05-30
Uploaded by Misawa77
Location: RavenCroft Cottage
Date: 2017-06-02
Location: RavenCroft Cottage
Date: 2017-06-02

Photo courtesy of Pleasants Valley Iris Farm
  • Uploaded by Joy

Date: 2018-05-26
Location: God's Garden - Atwater CA
Date: April 2015
Location: Northern Germany
Date: 2002-11-04
SANYO DIGITAL CAMERA
Location: Iowa
Date: 2012-05-15
Location: Northern Germany
Date: 2002-11-06
SANYO DIGITAL CAMERA
Location: Southeast Nebraska
Date: Spring 2013
Location: Schreiner's Gardens near Salem, OR
Date: 2015-05-14
Location: Schreiner's Gardens near Salem, OR
Date: 2015-05-14

At Schreiner's Iris Gardens, Oregon.

At Schreiner's Iris Gardens, Oregon.

Photo courtesy of Sutton's Iris Gardens
Location: Real Jardín Botánico de Madrid.
Date: May
credit: Cillas

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