Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Keith Keppel
Year Of Registration: 2002
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2002
Seedling Number: 96-19D
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 36 inches (91 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Flower Form: Bubble Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Cream
Violet
Flower Patterns: Dark Top
Bloom Color Description: Warm pinkish grey standards, strong veronica violet central area; cream falls, shoulders flushed pinkish ivory, haft amber yellow
Beard Color: Bright orange
Style Arm Color: Warm pinkish grey
Awards: Honorable Mention: 2004
Award of Merit: 2006

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: Suspicion X 93-81D: (Spring Shower x 89-38A: (((Vivien x Battle Fury) x (Skyblaze x (78-52C: (Firewater x (((Jones 743 x (Marquesan Skies x Babbling Brook)) x ((Morning Breeze x Babbling Brook) x Jones 730-1)) x Intuition)) x Vivien))) x Twilight Blaze))
Child plants: 39 child plants

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Date: 2011-06-09
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Date: April 2012

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