Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Keith Keppel
Year Of Registration: 2007
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2008
Seedling Number: 01-40A
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 42 inches (107 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid Late
Flower Form: Bubble Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Copper/Brown
Wine
Yellow
Flower Patterns: Plicata
Bloom Color Description: Red brown standards, light yellow ground; wide dark port wine border on falls, dotting and raying into golden yellow center, small white area near beard heavily dotted and lined brown
Beard Color: Mustard brown
Style Arm Color: Cedar brown crests and midrib, sides wax yellow
Awards: Honorable Mention: 2010
Award of Merit: 2012

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: Tangled Web X 98-204H: (Charleston x 92-44A: (87-26A: (Rosarita x 82-11K: (78-81A: (Rancho Rose x 75-113B: (71-12C: (68-5A: ((Henna Stitches x (Maricopa x Chinquapin)) x Montage) x Roundup) x 71-43D: (68-17B: (Montage x April Melody) x April Melody))) x Gigolo)) x Power Surge))
Child plants: 6 child plants

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Common names
  • Iris
  • Tall Bearded Iris

Photo Gallery
Location: Russia, Krasnodarskij Kraj
Date: 2017-05-14
Location: Russia, Krasnodarskij Kraj
Date: 2016-05-11
Location: Russia, Krasnodarskij Kraj
Date: 2014-05-13
Location: My garden
Date: 2019-06-25
Late bloom.
Location: Russia, Krasnodarskij Kraj
Date: 2017-05-15
Location: Russia, Krasnodarskij Kraj
Date: 2017-05-13
Location: My garden
Date: 2019-06-12
The color seems to vary with light and age of bloom.
Photo by TBMan
Location: My garden
Date: 2019-06-25
Close up
Location: Russia, Krasnodarskij Kraj
Date: 2017-05-14
Location: Russia, Krasnodarskij Kraj
Date: 2020-05-19
Location: Keith Keppel's Garden
Date: 2015-05-14
Location: My garden
Date: 2019-06-12
Location: Iowa
Location: Mid-America Gardens, Salem, Oregon
Date: 2016-05-05
Location: My garden
Date: 2019-06-16
Late bloom
Location: Iowa
Date: 2012-06-04
Location: At Napa Iris Gardens
Date: 2014-04-26
Photo by Betja
Location: Coarsegold, California 
Date: 2020-04-21
High Octane 4-21-2020
Location: My garden
Date: 2019-06-12
Location: Vancouver,  WA 
Date: 2018-05-22
5 22 2018

Photo courtesy of Mid-America Garden
Photo by Betja

High Octane
Photo by redheadclan

Date: 2017-11-12

Date: 2017-11-12
Location: Catheys Valley CA
Photo courtesy of Superstition Iris Gardens, posted with permissi

High Octane
Photo by Betja
Photo by Betja
Photo by Betja

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