| Hybridizer: | Keith Keppel |
| Year Of Registration: | 1995 |
| Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): | 1996 |
| Seedling Number: | 89-79B |
| Classification: | Tall Bearded (TB) |
| Registered Height: | 40 inches (107 cm) |
| Bloom Season: | Mid |
| Bloom Color Classification: | Violet |
| Flower Patterns: | Bitone |
| Bloom Color Description: | Roman purple standards; dark purple falls, narrow violet edge, slight white patterning near beards |
| Beard Color: | Orange vermilion |
| Style Arm Color: | Slightly lighter roman purple |
| Foliage: | Purple Based |
| Awards: | Honorable Mention: 1998 Award of Merit: 2000 John C. Wister Medal: 2002 |
| 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: | Witches' Sabbath X Gallant Rogue |
| Child plants: | 33 child plants |
| dragonfetti | On November 3, 2014 | Transplanted Replanted in the new Sunflower garden. |
| dragonfetti | On October 31, 2013 | Obtained plant Guessing on the date received. www.irisfarmer.com/, Pleasants Valley Iris Farm. |
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