Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Keith Keppel
Year Of Registration: 2003
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2004
Seedling Number: 98-192K
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 34 inches (86 cm)
Bloom Season: Early Mid
Flower Form: Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Peach
Pink
Violet
Flower Patterns: Plicata
Bloom Color Description: Miniature pink standards, faint lilac undertone; peach falls, rhododendron hafts and red violet plicata border
Beard Color: Orange pink. base white
Style Arm Color: Honeydew crests and midrib, capucine orange sides
Fragrance: Slight
Sweet
Awards: Honorable Mention: 2006
Award of Merit: 2008

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: Lonely Hearts X 96-43B: (Lotus Land x 92-91B: (((French Pastry x (Orangerie x Precious Moments)) x ((Goddess x ((71-50E: ((66-35B: ((Irma Melrose x Tea Apron) x ((Full Circle x Rococo) x Tea Apron)) x April Melody) x (66-35C x April Melody)) x Osage Buff) x ((Joy Ride x Roundup) x (April Melody x (((Irma Melrose x Tea Apron) x ((Full Circle x Rococo) x Tea Apron)) x April Melody))))) x self)) x Answered Prayers))
Child plants: 20 child plants

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  • Tall Bearded Iris

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