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Hybridizer: Keith Keppel
Year Of Registration: 2006
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2007
Seedling Number: 98-159D
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 36 inches (91 cm)
Bloom Season: Late
Flower Form: Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Wine
Yellow
Flower Patterns: Emma Cook
Bloom Color Description: Sunflower standards; dahlia purple to port wine falls, narrow 1/16" lighter edge, 1.5" sunburst, darker and brighter than sunflower, faintly veined purple to tan
Beard Color: Solid cadmium yellow
Style Arm Color: Sunflower
Awards: Honorable Mention: 2009
Award of Merit: 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
Underground structures: Rhizome
Propagation: Seeds: Will not come true from seed
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Ploidy: Tetraploid
Parentage: Starship Enterprise X Braggadocio
Child plants: one child plant

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Date: 2018-05-26
Location: Santa Cruz Mountains, California
Date: 2015-06-25
Mercury Rising
Location: Garland, TX
Date: 2020-05-14

Date: 2018-05-26
Location: My garden, Ukraine, Zaporizhzhya region Zone: 6a 
Date: 2022-05-29
Location: Garland, TX
Date: 2020-05-14
Location: Garland, TX
Date: 2020-05-13
Location: Keith Keppel Iris Garden, Salem, Oregon
Date: 2015-05-19
AIS National Convention, Portland, OR--Iris in Wonderland 2015
Location: Keith Keppel's Iris Garden
Date: 2015-05-21
Location: Schreiners Gardens
Date: 2012-06-04
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Date: 2010-12-25
Photo courtesy of Napa Country Iris Garden

Photo courtesy of Blue J Iris. Used with permission.
Location: Schreiners Gardens
Date: 2012-06-04

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