Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Keith Keppel
Year Of Registration: 2004
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2005
Seedling Number: 99-90A
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 36 inches (91 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Flower Form: Bubble Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Light blue
Violet
Flower Patterns: Dark Top
Bloom Color Description: Light violet blue standards; pale blue falls, aging paler, to a near white center
Beard Color: Grenadine red, base white
Style Arm Color: Pale blue
Fragrance: Slight
Sweet
Awards: Honorable Mention: 2007
Award of Merit: 2010

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: 96-21B: (Suspicion x Fogbound) X 96-35C: (Gatty Z-8-1: (Coming Up Roses x X63-8: T-1-2: ((Nefertiti x Playgirl) x Presence) x Rare Occasion) x Fogbound)
Child plants: 50 child plants

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Common names
  • Iris
  • Tall Bearded Iris

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Location: Michigan-my garden
Date: June 7, 2017
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Date: June 5, 2017
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Date: 2018-06-09
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Date: 2018-06-04
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Location: Michigan-my garden
Date: June 2022

Photo courtesy of Sutton's Iris Gardens
Location: Poilly-Lez-Gien France
"Photo courtesy of Cayeux Iris. Used with permission."
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Location: Napa Iris Gardens
Date: 2012-05-18
Location: Napa Iris Gardens
Date: 2012-05-18
Location: God's Garden - Atwater CA
Date: April 2014
Location: Western Kentucky
Date: Spring 2013

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